Daily Economy
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Starbucks Doesn’t Want to Talk about the Financial Impact of Plastic Straws Policy
The financial and environmental impacts of “sustainability” practices are not… well, sustainable. Why don’t corporations want to question their assumptions?
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Nixon to Now: How the Kitchen Debate Came Home
The recent wave of protectionism is not about efficiency or economic growth. It’s about national control — about engineering particular outcomes.
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Central Banks Forgot What Drives Inflation —Tim Congdon Didn’t
Tim Congdon’s ‘The Quantity Theory of Money: A New Restatement’ is a crucial contribution to economic thought.
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Can the Constitution Survive the Age of Rousseau?
The future of America will not ultimately be decided by our formal constitution, but by small choices in human hearts and daily lives.
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My $100 Tomato: Is Self-Sufficiency Overrated?
Should you buy, or DIY? A prudent householder should buy that which they cannot make for the same price. The lesson is the same for nations.
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Was Reagan a Protectionist?
To head off the slippery slope of protectionist interventions, Reagan convinced Japan to voluntarily limit auto imports.
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April’s Prices Rose, But Inflation Cooled Overall
Energy costs prices pushed prices up, but the money supply is probably increasing as fast as it ought to.
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AIER’s Everyday Price Index Continues to Rise in April 2025
Tariffs pushed some prices up in April, but falling service costs and an uncertain outlook make the inflation picture much murkier.
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Making GDP Great Again: A Complementary Approach
Including government spending in GDP distorts our understanding of value: spending more on tanks and bullets doesn’t mean civilians are getting wealthier during wartime.
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How Equity Markets Reacted to Trump’s Tariff Announcements: The Data
The US has been by far the biggest loser in tariff negotiations. Indexes have fallen sharply.
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Starbucks Doesn’t Want to Talk about the Financial Impact of Plastic Straws Policy
The financial and environmental impacts of “sustainability” practices are not… well, sustainable. Why don’t corporations want to question their assumptions?
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•
Nixon to Now: How the Kitchen Debate Came Home
The recent wave of protectionism is not about efficiency or economic growth. It’s about national control — about engineering particular outcomes.
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•
Central Banks Forgot What Drives Inflation —Tim Congdon Didn’t
Tim Congdon’s ‘The Quantity Theory of Money: A New Restatement’ is a crucial contribution to economic thought.
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•
Can the Constitution Survive the Age of Rousseau?
The future of America will not ultimately be decided by our formal constitution, but by small choices in human hearts and daily lives.
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•
My $100 Tomato: Is Self-Sufficiency Overrated?
Should you buy, or DIY? A prudent householder should buy that which they cannot make for the same price. The lesson is the same for nations.
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•
Was Reagan a Protectionist?
To head off the slippery slope of protectionist interventions, Reagan convinced Japan to voluntarily limit auto imports.
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•
April’s Prices Rose, But Inflation Cooled Overall
Energy costs prices pushed prices up, but the money supply is probably increasing as fast as it ought to.
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•
AIER’s Everyday Price Index Continues to Rise in April 2025
Tariffs pushed some prices up in April, but falling service costs and an uncertain outlook make the inflation picture much murkier.
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•
Making GDP Great Again: A Complementary Approach
Including government spending in GDP distorts our understanding of value: spending more on tanks and bullets doesn’t mean civilians are getting wealthier during wartime.
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•
How Equity Markets Reacted to Trump’s Tariff Announcements: The Data
The US has been by far the biggest loser in tariff negotiations. Indexes have fallen sharply.