Manhattan Institute

Deporting Mahmoud Khalil is not a free speech issue. MI legal policy fellow Tal Fortgang explains why.

Congratulations to Johan Norberg on winning the 21st annual Hayek Book Prize for “The Capitalist Manifesto,” which makes the case for capitalism and the vital role played by the free market in today's uncertain world. Purchase the book here: https://lnkd.in/eXJCBGZH

The FDA’s rigorous process for testing and approving drugs generates valuable information about a drug’s benefits and risks—but it is time-consuming, limiting to patients, and expensive. In a new Manhattan Institute issue brief, senior fellow Randy Lutter proposes a better way.

Big-city elections have a unique problem: they're dominated by a single party, providing little incentive for party leaders to address constituents’ needs. John Ketcham explains how the current electoral system can be reformed with party-list proportional representation. Read the entire report here: https://bit.ly/4c5QbKH

The use of DEI statements is widespread in academic hiring and promotion. But what impact do they have? A new Manhattan Institute issue brief by Nathan Honeycutt presents the first experimental assessment of DEI statement evaluations from surveys of 4,953 faculty.

Are “percent plans” really a race-neutral approach to college admissions? A new Manhattan Institute issue brief by Renu Mukherjee takes a deep dive into the policy and finds that, far from being truly meritocratic, they often function as affirmative action by another name.

The Manhattan Institute’s Law School Associate program is a 10-12-week program that offers law school students the opportunity to work directly with its Constitutional Studies and Legal Policy teams. The Institute is a lean, dynamic, and intellectually driven environment rich with critical thinking and scholarship. Students are put in a position to meaningfully advance the Institute’s mission through research, scholarly writing, journalism, and outreach. Learn more:

Big-city elections have a unique problem: they are dominated by a single party, providing little incentive for party leaders to address constituents’ needs. A new Manhattan Institute report proposes a way for urban America to break out of this unresponsive political status quo. Scholars John Ketcham and Jack Santucci propose a new-to-America electoral system called party-list proportional representation, which lets voters choose between slates of candidates, and parties win seats in proportion to their share of the vote. Will party-list PR result in a chaotic explosion in the number of political parties? That’s not likely. Here’s why: https://lnkd.in/e3mErHCr

The Manhattan Institute’s Law School Associate program is a 10-12-week program that offers law school students the opportunity to work directly with its Constitutional Studies and Legal Policy teams. The Institute is a lean, dynamic, and intellectually driven environment rich with critical thinking and scholarship. Students are put in a position to meaningfully advance the Institute’s mission through research, scholarly writing, journalism, and outreach. Law School Associates are paired with the Director of Constitutional Studies and Director of Legal Policy to assist with research, drafting, editing, and external outreach. Associates will participate in strategic departmental meetings, events, seminars, and policy discussions that assist in advancing their long-term potential and career goals. Over the course of the program, Associates will have the opportunity to work directly with prominent scholars such as Ilya Shapiro, Jim Copland, Chris Rufo, and Rafael Mangual, among others. Learn more here: https://bit.ly/3FnxIwL

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