Books
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Colonel Harwood’s Legacy: The Engineer Who Built an Economic Institution
AIER marks the 125th birthday of our founder, as we continue to honor his conviction that a disciplined, data-driven defense of markets is a key safeguard of individual liberty.
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The Pandemic That Broke Our Faith in Modeling
David Zweig’s reporting exposes how untested models and assumptions hardened into dogma, with reality a distant afterthought.
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How Self-Interest Civilizes Politics
Like the market version, the invisible hand of politics depends less on individual virtue and more on institutions and incentives.
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Badger of Economics: Why We Still Need the Austrian School
When mainstream economists forget that only individuals act, bad policy follows. Some economists never stopped reminding us. We ignore them at our continued peril.
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‘Abundance’ of Contradiction: Progressives Discover Public Choice
Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson admit government is a tangle of competing interests. But they still want more of it.
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Why the Old Left–Right Divide No Longer Works
Michael Oakeshott’s distinction between government as referee and government as crusader sheds light on the identity-driven shifts remaking Western politics.
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Psychology, Security, and the Subtle Surrender of Freedom
Tocqueville warned that freedom can erode not by force, but through the quiet surrender of responsibility.
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How Do Communities Form? Exploring ‘Social Philosophers’
Self-governance isn’t inherently individualistic. Communities are woven of a network of mediating institutions, overlapping and competing for social relevance.
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Confucius and Trump’s Department of War
The US military’s global flailing has little to do with ‘defense.’ Returning to an accurate label might be a step toward policy realism.
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Debt, Destiny, and Dalio: A Review of How Countries Go Broke
Hedge fund titan Ray Dalio warns of looming fiscal disaster, yet his “Big Cycles” leave little room for free will.
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Colonel Harwood’s Legacy: The Engineer Who Built an Economic Institution
AIER marks the 125th birthday of our founder, as we continue to honor his conviction that a disciplined, data-driven defense of markets is a key safeguard of individual liberty.
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•
The Pandemic That Broke Our Faith in Modeling
David Zweig’s reporting exposes how untested models and assumptions hardened into dogma, with reality a distant afterthought.
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•
How Self-Interest Civilizes Politics
Like the market version, the invisible hand of politics depends less on individual virtue and more on institutions and incentives.
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•
Badger of Economics: Why We Still Need the Austrian School
When mainstream economists forget that only individuals act, bad policy follows. Some economists never stopped reminding us. We ignore them at our continued peril.
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•
‘Abundance’ of Contradiction: Progressives Discover Public Choice
Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson admit government is a tangle of competing interests. But they still want more of it.
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•
Why the Old Left–Right Divide No Longer Works
Michael Oakeshott’s distinction between government as referee and government as crusader sheds light on the identity-driven shifts remaking Western politics.
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•
Psychology, Security, and the Subtle Surrender of Freedom
Tocqueville warned that freedom can erode not by force, but through the quiet surrender of responsibility.
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•
How Do Communities Form? Exploring ‘Social Philosophers’
Self-governance isn’t inherently individualistic. Communities are woven of a network of mediating institutions, overlapping and competing for social relevance.
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•
Confucius and Trump’s Department of War
The US military’s global flailing has little to do with ‘defense.’ Returning to an accurate label might be a step toward policy realism.
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•
Debt, Destiny, and Dalio: A Review of How Countries Go Broke
Hedge fund titan Ray Dalio warns of looming fiscal disaster, yet his “Big Cycles” leave little room for free will.