The Independent Review: A Journal of Political Economy is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering political economy and the critical analysis of government policy.

[citation needed] It is published by the Independent Institute, a conservative libertarian think tank in the United States.

Until 2013, Robert Higgs was the editor-in-chief.

In 2013, Higgs became "editor at large" and was succeeded by Robert Whaples.

The journal is abstracted and indexed in: According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2012 impact factor of 0.237.