Financial Markets
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Moralizing Markets: Vatican Bank Wades into Faith-Based Indexing
Can the Holy See and other normative authorities harness profit-seeking systems… without undermining their purpose?
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Liberty Eroding, Gold Rising: 30 Years of Warning
The dollar’s lost half its value and the price of gold exploded since our author first warned that politicians are ruining our purchasing power.
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Prediction Markets and The Ethics of Betting on Bad News
Accurately predicting disaster is actually quite useful, and prediction markets reward people for operationalizing information others don’t yet have.
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Why Super Bowl Tickets Are Cheaper But Everyday Life Isn’t
Declines in Super Bowl resale prices may look like deflation, but lower luxury spending actually reflects tightening household budget constraints.
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Will Adam Smith’s ‘Impartial Spectator’ Soften Trump’s Hardest Foreign-Policy Edges?
Self-interest can often steer us toward the moral and praiseworthy. Will our leaders heed that higher call?
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Business Conditions Monthly November 2025
Shelter costs led price increases, but goods price acceleration leveled off. We’ve reached a new, distinctly elevated “normal.”
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AIER’s Everyday Price Index Levels Off in December 2025
Our proprietary index barely budged at the end of 2025, but the underlying mix stayed active. Prices are still uneven: rising food categories offset declines in fuel.
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Five Years After GameStop: What the Squeeze Actually Changed
Meme-stock investment infusions rescued the company without redeeming its model. Did that borrowed time produce market discipline — or simply delay error correction?
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Data-Sharing Agreements for Fintech: the Market Solved What DC Couldn’t
After 15 years of regulatory tug-of-war, banks and fintech companies have reached private arrangements for sharing customer data.
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401(k)s Built America’s Wealth and Proved All the Critics Wrong
The rise of defined contribution accounts has given workers portability, flexibility, and a stake in America’s capital markets.
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Moralizing Markets: Vatican Bank Wades into Faith-Based Indexing
Can the Holy See and other normative authorities harness profit-seeking systems… without undermining their purpose?
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Liberty Eroding, Gold Rising: 30 Years of Warning
The dollar’s lost half its value and the price of gold exploded since our author first warned that politicians are ruining our purchasing power.
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•
Prediction Markets and The Ethics of Betting on Bad News
Accurately predicting disaster is actually quite useful, and prediction markets reward people for operationalizing information others don’t yet have.
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•
Why Super Bowl Tickets Are Cheaper But Everyday Life Isn’t
Declines in Super Bowl resale prices may look like deflation, but lower luxury spending actually reflects tightening household budget constraints.
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•
Will Adam Smith’s ‘Impartial Spectator’ Soften Trump’s Hardest Foreign-Policy Edges?
Self-interest can often steer us toward the moral and praiseworthy. Will our leaders heed that higher call?
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•
Business Conditions Monthly November 2025
Shelter costs led price increases, but goods price acceleration leveled off. We’ve reached a new, distinctly elevated “normal.”
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•
AIER’s Everyday Price Index Levels Off in December 2025
Our proprietary index barely budged at the end of 2025, but the underlying mix stayed active. Prices are still uneven: rising food categories offset declines in fuel.
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•
Five Years After GameStop: What the Squeeze Actually Changed
Meme-stock investment infusions rescued the company without redeeming its model. Did that borrowed time produce market discipline — or simply delay error correction?
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•
Data-Sharing Agreements for Fintech: the Market Solved What DC Couldn’t
After 15 years of regulatory tug-of-war, banks and fintech companies have reached private arrangements for sharing customer data.
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•
401(k)s Built America’s Wealth and Proved All the Critics Wrong
The rise of defined contribution accounts has given workers portability, flexibility, and a stake in America’s capital markets.