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That’s One Way to End a Lockdown
“The best laid plans: inspired by myopic modelers, eschewing of expert opinions of dissident scientists, disregarding of essential rights, fueled by media fabrications and irresponsibility, imposed by governments at all levels. It’s a new chapter of The Road to Serfdom.” ~ AIER
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AIER 2019 Annual Report
These are extraordinary times of activity and growth for the American Institute for Economic Research. AIER was founded in 1933, a time of crisis for the United States, in order to bring calm, research, and intelligence to understanding the world around us. This continues to be our focus today.
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Vital Information that Is Falling Through the Cracks
Too often in a crisis, level-headed voices are drowned out by demagogues, shouting, and fear. Below you will find interesting and credible information that should inform the policy response.
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The Essence of Bastiat: David Hart’s Farewell Tour of the U.S. (Video)
As the home of the Bastiat Society, the work of Frederic Bastiat is especially meaningful to AIER. As such, we were overjoyed to welcome David M. Hart, one of the world’s foremost scholars on Bastiat, to speak on the life and times of our favorite Frenchman. Check out David Hart’s website for lectures, book…
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Mary Jane Arneaud Explores Economics, Ethnic Identity and Social Wellbeing
AIER Visiting Research Fellow Mary Jane Arneaud’s work began in Trinidad and Fiji, where she discovered in her psychological research that a strong ethnic identity correlated with lower social wellbeing. Arneaud developed a research proposal: an experiment to cultivate social bonds across ethnic identities through sharing autobiographical memories, then measuring the strength of those newly…
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Richard Nixon & the Myth of Independent Fed Policy (Video)
Amity R. Shlaes presents “On the Legacy of American economist and former Chair of the US Federal Reserve, Arthur Burns, during the Keynesian Revolution” at the American Institute for Economic Research Annual Meeting of Voting Members 2019. Current Chair of the Federal Reserve, Jerome Powell, famously claimed Marriner S. Eccles “had created a central bank…
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Marx vs. Mises Video: Text and Commentary
Here you will find the full English text of the now-famous film, complete with explanatory videos with interviews from experts.
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When Government Fails, Communities Take Care of Themselves
In the early- and mid-20th century, systemic racism often meant that African American communities were excluded from government welfare programs. In the face of this injustice, we see numerous examples of communities stepping up to take care of each other when government officials turned the other way.
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AIER Scholars on The Rubin Report
The Rubin Report has been an important source for the dissemination of sound economic ideas.
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Cotswold Cottage at AIER
In the Cotswold Hills north of Bath, England, large manor houses were made from the local oolitic limestone. Cotswold Cottage at AIER in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, built from 1929 to 1931, was intended to be a copy of that Cotswold style, which is why our revered stone house has sometimes been called “Old Cotswold.”
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That’s One Way to End a Lockdown
“The best laid plans: inspired by myopic modelers, eschewing of expert opinions of dissident scientists, disregarding of essential rights, fueled by media fabrications and irresponsibility, imposed by governments at all levels. It’s a new chapter of The Road to Serfdom.” ~ AIER
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•
AIER 2019 Annual Report
These are extraordinary times of activity and growth for the American Institute for Economic Research. AIER was founded in 1933, a time of crisis for the United States, in order to bring calm, research, and intelligence to understanding the world around us. This continues to be our focus today.
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•
Vital Information that Is Falling Through the Cracks
Too often in a crisis, level-headed voices are drowned out by demagogues, shouting, and fear. Below you will find interesting and credible information that should inform the policy response.
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•
The Essence of Bastiat: David Hart’s Farewell Tour of the U.S. (Video)
As the home of the Bastiat Society, the work of Frederic Bastiat is especially meaningful to AIER. As such, we were overjoyed to welcome David M. Hart, one of the world’s foremost scholars on Bastiat, to speak on the life and times of our favorite Frenchman. Check out David Hart’s website for lectures, book…
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Mary Jane Arneaud Explores Economics, Ethnic Identity and Social Wellbeing
AIER Visiting Research Fellow Mary Jane Arneaud’s work began in Trinidad and Fiji, where she discovered in her psychological research that a strong ethnic identity correlated with lower social wellbeing. Arneaud developed a research proposal: an experiment to cultivate social bonds across ethnic identities through sharing autobiographical memories, then measuring the strength of those newly…
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Richard Nixon & the Myth of Independent Fed Policy (Video)
Amity R. Shlaes presents “On the Legacy of American economist and former Chair of the US Federal Reserve, Arthur Burns, during the Keynesian Revolution” at the American Institute for Economic Research Annual Meeting of Voting Members 2019. Current Chair of the Federal Reserve, Jerome Powell, famously claimed Marriner S. Eccles “had created a central bank…
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•
Marx vs. Mises Video: Text and Commentary
Here you will find the full English text of the now-famous film, complete with explanatory videos with interviews from experts.
-
•
When Government Fails, Communities Take Care of Themselves
In the early- and mid-20th century, systemic racism often meant that African American communities were excluded from government welfare programs. In the face of this injustice, we see numerous examples of communities stepping up to take care of each other when government officials turned the other way.
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•
AIER Scholars on The Rubin Report
The Rubin Report has been an important source for the dissemination of sound economic ideas.
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•
Cotswold Cottage at AIER
In the Cotswold Hills north of Bath, England, large manor houses were made from the local oolitic limestone. Cotswold Cottage at AIER in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, built from 1929 to 1931, was intended to be a copy of that Cotswold style, which is why our revered stone house has sometimes been called “Old Cotswold.”