Daily Economy
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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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ISM Manufacturing Index Remains Below Neutral in December
The ISM’s manufacturing PMI fell again in December, extending the weak results over the last several months. Tepid trade and soft global growth are keeping risks elevated.
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Is a New Renaissance Possible?
There’s good reason to be excited for the new year. All signs point to a serious revival of the ideas that undergird a free society. AIER can lead the way. As the end of the year approached, I received a note from a highly respected scholar and organizer who has made a huge difference in…
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The 1619 Project Debate: A Bibliography
As the debate over the New York Times’ 1619 Project continues, it is helpful to have a list of resources that encompass the project’s contents and criticisms of the same. What follows below is a bibliographic reference to each, which I will also periodically update as new commentary becomes available. I make no specific endorsements…
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AIER Books Published in 2019
Twice in the 1930s, censors in Washington, D.C., sent letters to the American Institute for Economic Research demanding that we shut down our presses. Twice our founder E.C. Harwood refused to do so. Twice government backed down. What were we doing wrong? We had published articles taking issue with New Deal economic policy. Nothing more.…
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That Time When the New York Times Called for a $0 Minimum Wage
We aren’t just talking about the poor. We are talking about your sons and daughters, nephews and nieces, your disabled first grandchild who would enjoy the dignity of work instead of being forcibly excluded by state policies.
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Why We Are Wealthy
The Wealth Explosion by Stephen Davies is one of the books the world needs. Much of the growing literature in what is called the “New History of Capitalism” credits (or blames) different kinds of exploitation like slavery, colonialism, and empire for the prosperity of Europe and its overseas offshoots. Some historians argue, for example, that…
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The Dangers to Prosperity All Around Us
Looking back at the 20th century there were great social, political and economic challenges. Technological advances accelerated and mass communication shrank the planet. In the process we embarked on two catastrophic world wars, whilst in peacetime economic booms and busts ensured human progress was as uneven as it was cathartic. The first two decades of…
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The Prospects for Prosperity in the New Year
Many problems we see in society are chiefly about us, not our elected officials. They are a reflection—distorted for better or worse—of who we are.
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There Is No Such Creature as The People
Among the most important advances in the social sciences of the 20th century is Kenneth Arrow’s Impossibility Theorem. The full explanation of this theorem first appeared in Arrow’s 1951 book, Social Choice and Individual Values. As explanations go, this one is especially beautiful in its rigor, yet highly technical and inaccessible to the general public.…
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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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ISM Manufacturing Index Remains Below Neutral in December
The ISM’s manufacturing PMI fell again in December, extending the weak results over the last several months. Tepid trade and soft global growth are keeping risks elevated.
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Is a New Renaissance Possible?
There’s good reason to be excited for the new year. All signs point to a serious revival of the ideas that undergird a free society. AIER can lead the way. As the end of the year approached, I received a note from a highly respected scholar and organizer who has made a huge difference in…
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The 1619 Project Debate: A Bibliography
As the debate over the New York Times’ 1619 Project continues, it is helpful to have a list of resources that encompass the project’s contents and criticisms of the same. What follows below is a bibliographic reference to each, which I will also periodically update as new commentary becomes available. I make no specific endorsements…
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AIER Books Published in 2019
Twice in the 1930s, censors in Washington, D.C., sent letters to the American Institute for Economic Research demanding that we shut down our presses. Twice our founder E.C. Harwood refused to do so. Twice government backed down. What were we doing wrong? We had published articles taking issue with New Deal economic policy. Nothing more.…
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That Time When the New York Times Called for a $0 Minimum Wage
We aren’t just talking about the poor. We are talking about your sons and daughters, nephews and nieces, your disabled first grandchild who would enjoy the dignity of work instead of being forcibly excluded by state policies.
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•
Why We Are Wealthy
The Wealth Explosion by Stephen Davies is one of the books the world needs. Much of the growing literature in what is called the “New History of Capitalism” credits (or blames) different kinds of exploitation like slavery, colonialism, and empire for the prosperity of Europe and its overseas offshoots. Some historians argue, for example, that…
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•
The Dangers to Prosperity All Around Us
Looking back at the 20th century there were great social, political and economic challenges. Technological advances accelerated and mass communication shrank the planet. In the process we embarked on two catastrophic world wars, whilst in peacetime economic booms and busts ensured human progress was as uneven as it was cathartic. The first two decades of…
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•
The Prospects for Prosperity in the New Year
Many problems we see in society are chiefly about us, not our elected officials. They are a reflection—distorted for better or worse—of who we are.
-
•
There Is No Such Creature as The People
Among the most important advances in the social sciences of the 20th century is Kenneth Arrow’s Impossibility Theorem. The full explanation of this theorem first appeared in Arrow’s 1951 book, Social Choice and Individual Values. As explanations go, this one is especially beautiful in its rigor, yet highly technical and inaccessible to the general public.…