Daily Economy
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Let Them Eat Lobsters
No one knows for sure when or how this will end. But in the meantime, trade warriors in the White House can at least adapt the words of Marie-Antoinette: let them eat lobsters.
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Listen to AIER Every Day
Earlier this year, some of us wondered how we could make the voice of the American Institute for Economic Research become part of people’s lives in their homes as well. I’m thrilled to announce that this is a reality right now!
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The Media Cannot Talk Us Into Recession
Phillipson’s comment is a reminder that some conservatives can unsheathe the victim card as ably as their reliably outraged opponents on the left.
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Economics Has Neglected Inequality? Absurdly Untrue
In fact, inequality studies have been a mainstay of the discipline since at least 1948.
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Friends of Freedom, Do Not Despair
We must have the confidence that freedom is both good in itself and need not be compromised in the face of asserted collectivist dangers abroad or the challenges to liberty here at home.
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ISM Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index Points to Further Weakness
The ISM Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index fell below neutral for the first time in three years and highlights the growing negative impact of poor trade policy on business confidence.
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The Middleman Serves an Essential Economic Function
Because in our modern economy every one of us purchases from others nearly everything we use, our economy is a vast complex of middlemen.
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The Economic Future of a Negative Interest Rate World
In the long run, the deleterious effect of negative interest rates turns economic theory on its head.
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Protectionism and Political Violence
The movie Peterloo offers all of us a chance to learn from history. It reveals the poison of protectionism and how its hidden violence can lead to results that are far worse than anyone anticipates.
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If You Don’t Understand It, Don’t Mess with It
It is precisely those who (plausibly) preach prudence in manipulating the natural world who are most cavalier about smashing and rebuilding social institutions.
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Let Them Eat Lobsters
No one knows for sure when or how this will end. But in the meantime, trade warriors in the White House can at least adapt the words of Marie-Antoinette: let them eat lobsters.
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•
Listen to AIER Every Day
Earlier this year, some of us wondered how we could make the voice of the American Institute for Economic Research become part of people’s lives in their homes as well. I’m thrilled to announce that this is a reality right now!
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•
The Media Cannot Talk Us Into Recession
Phillipson’s comment is a reminder that some conservatives can unsheathe the victim card as ably as their reliably outraged opponents on the left.
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•
Economics Has Neglected Inequality? Absurdly Untrue
In fact, inequality studies have been a mainstay of the discipline since at least 1948.
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•
Friends of Freedom, Do Not Despair
We must have the confidence that freedom is both good in itself and need not be compromised in the face of asserted collectivist dangers abroad or the challenges to liberty here at home.
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•
ISM Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index Points to Further Weakness
The ISM Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index fell below neutral for the first time in three years and highlights the growing negative impact of poor trade policy on business confidence.
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•
The Middleman Serves an Essential Economic Function
Because in our modern economy every one of us purchases from others nearly everything we use, our economy is a vast complex of middlemen.
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•
The Economic Future of a Negative Interest Rate World
In the long run, the deleterious effect of negative interest rates turns economic theory on its head.
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•
Protectionism and Political Violence
The movie Peterloo offers all of us a chance to learn from history. It reveals the poison of protectionism and how its hidden violence can lead to results that are far worse than anyone anticipates.
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•
If You Don’t Understand It, Don’t Mess with It
It is precisely those who (plausibly) preach prudence in manipulating the natural world who are most cavalier about smashing and rebuilding social institutions.