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  • Bitcoin Exchange Regulations in China: Growing Pains?

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    Bitcoin Exchange Regulations in China: Growing Pains?

    In recent weeks, Chinese regulators have taken a stronger interest in bitcoin, the cryptocurrency that was the first major application of blockchain technology and that we have recently highlighted in this blog.

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    Economy Gaining Speed, Rate Hikes Coming

    The U.S. consumer continues to drive the economy. The latest data from the U.S. Commerce Department show retail sales rose 0.4 in January percent following a 1 percent jump in December. Combined with other recent data on the economy such as job creation, initial claims for unemployment insurance, Institute for Supply Management survey results, and…

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    Exemplary Professional Development: What is It?

      In order to expand, enhance, and further develop AIER’s Teach-the-Teachers Initiative (TTI) program, we are continuously researching best practices and contemporary pedagogical innovations in the teachers’ professional development space in order to apply them to our programming. I came across the recent report, “Bridging the Gap: Paving the Pathway from Current Practice to Exemplary…

  • “Unfair” Trade, At Home and Abroad

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    “Unfair” Trade, At Home and Abroad

      We received some great questions from readers on our recent article about free trade, many of which had to do with how we should respond to unfair trading practices by foreign firms or governments. One practice commonly labeled unfair is dumping, where trading partners sell a commodity at a price deemed artificially low by…

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    Federal Funding in Each State

    Source: WalletHub   One interesting economic topic in the United States is how federal funding is distributed among the states. This is a regular point of contention for two reasons. First, federal officials of either party sometimes clash with states on the use of federal funds. Second, an apparent irony is often pointed out, using…

  • A Bitcoin Exchange-Traded Fund

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    A Bitcoin Exchange-Traded Fund

    Many individuals would like exposure to bitcoin but do not want to complicate their finances with a bitcoin wallet

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    Following the Direction of Col. E.C. Harwood in Education

        AIER’s founder, Col. E. C. Harwood, encouraged students to apply the knowledge they gained in their university classrooms to the research projects they were assigned at AIER. He called this “fieldwork.” With this legacy, during the 2017 Winter Program, students immersed themselves in the practice of economic analysis under the guidance of AIER’s…

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    ISM Survey Data Suggest Better Economic Conditions

    The Institute for Supply Management surveys its members monthly regarding business activity at their respective companies. These surveys are very timely readings on levels of current activity across a broad range of industries.  The surveys are compiled into two separate indexes, one for manufacturers and one for nonmanufacturing companies, such as construction, finance, health care,…

  • Blockchain and Gold-Backed Money

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    Blockchain and Gold-Backed Money

    In his 1963 treatise on gold and free banking titled, “What has Government Done to Our Money?,” economist Murray N. Rothbard envisions a system of private and competing warehouses storing customers’ gold and issuing receipts that could be exchanged as money. Now this decidedly low-tech vision of money and banking may be brought to life…

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    Jobs Day Surprise…And Disappointment

    The Bureau of Labor Statistics released a January employment report this morning that has both surprises and disappointments. On the positive side, job creation was stronger than expected, showing a net gain of 227,000 jobs. Even better, the private sector added 237,000 jobs, while the government sector posted a 10,000 decrease for the month. This…

  • Bitcoin Exchange Regulations in China: Growing Pains?

    •

    Bitcoin Exchange Regulations in China: Growing Pains?

    In recent weeks, Chinese regulators have taken a stronger interest in bitcoin, the cryptocurrency that was the first major application of blockchain technology and that we have recently highlighted in this blog.

  • •

    Economy Gaining Speed, Rate Hikes Coming

    The U.S. consumer continues to drive the economy. The latest data from the U.S. Commerce Department show retail sales rose 0.4 in January percent following a 1 percent jump in December. Combined with other recent data on the economy such as job creation, initial claims for unemployment insurance, Institute for Supply Management survey results, and…

  • •

    Exemplary Professional Development: What is It?

      In order to expand, enhance, and further develop AIER’s Teach-the-Teachers Initiative (TTI) program, we are continuously researching best practices and contemporary pedagogical innovations in the teachers’ professional development space in order to apply them to our programming. I came across the recent report, “Bridging the Gap: Paving the Pathway from Current Practice to Exemplary…

  • “Unfair” Trade, At Home and Abroad

    •

    “Unfair” Trade, At Home and Abroad

      We received some great questions from readers on our recent article about free trade, many of which had to do with how we should respond to unfair trading practices by foreign firms or governments. One practice commonly labeled unfair is dumping, where trading partners sell a commodity at a price deemed artificially low by…

  • •

    Federal Funding in Each State

    Source: WalletHub   One interesting economic topic in the United States is how federal funding is distributed among the states. This is a regular point of contention for two reasons. First, federal officials of either party sometimes clash with states on the use of federal funds. Second, an apparent irony is often pointed out, using…

  • A Bitcoin Exchange-Traded Fund

    •

    A Bitcoin Exchange-Traded Fund

    Many individuals would like exposure to bitcoin but do not want to complicate their finances with a bitcoin wallet

  • •

    Following the Direction of Col. E.C. Harwood in Education

        AIER’s founder, Col. E. C. Harwood, encouraged students to apply the knowledge they gained in their university classrooms to the research projects they were assigned at AIER. He called this “fieldwork.” With this legacy, during the 2017 Winter Program, students immersed themselves in the practice of economic analysis under the guidance of AIER’s…

  • •

    ISM Survey Data Suggest Better Economic Conditions

    The Institute for Supply Management surveys its members monthly regarding business activity at their respective companies. These surveys are very timely readings on levels of current activity across a broad range of industries.  The surveys are compiled into two separate indexes, one for manufacturers and one for nonmanufacturing companies, such as construction, finance, health care,…

  • Blockchain and Gold-Backed Money

    •

    Blockchain and Gold-Backed Money

    In his 1963 treatise on gold and free banking titled, “What has Government Done to Our Money?,” economist Murray N. Rothbard envisions a system of private and competing warehouses storing customers’ gold and issuing receipts that could be exchanged as money. Now this decidedly low-tech vision of money and banking may be brought to life…

  • •

    Jobs Day Surprise…And Disappointment

    The Bureau of Labor Statistics released a January employment report this morning that has both surprises and disappointments. On the positive side, job creation was stronger than expected, showing a net gain of 227,000 jobs. Even better, the private sector added 237,000 jobs, while the government sector posted a 10,000 decrease for the month. This…