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Giving Thanks for Fossil Fuels
From travel to cooking to comfort, fossil fuels remain the foundation of your holiday feast.
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Benson Boone, Marcus Aurelius, and Giving Thanks For ‘Beautiful Things’
A pop song meets stoic philosophy in this reminder to be grateful for all we’d hate to lose.
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Does Trump Owe the Fed a Thank You?
The Fed flooded the economy with new money, driving prices up. Voters responded to inflation by booting the incumbent administration.
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David Hume on How Not to Lose Your Mind
Our intellectual arrogance and cultivated grievances too often overwhelm our reason and inner peace. But we don’t have to let them.
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The Ongoing Case for Argentine Dollarization
Pegging the peso to the dollar not only solidifies economic improvement and lower inflation, but protects against future populist regimes.
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AIER Thanksgiving Cost Index 2024
Giving thanks in the traditional American way is mindful, salutary, and increasingly expensive.
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What That Viral Starbucks Barista Doesn’t Understand about Risk
The tweeting employee fails to understand that she is taking on almost no risk and is being compensated accordingly.
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Not Your Grandfather’s Environmentalism: Why This Year’s UN Climate Conference Is Different
Today’s environmental movement prioritizes tactics not to counsel society, but to rule it. COP29 is a green glove on an iron fist.
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Why the Great Depression Lasted So Long: Amity Shlaes on Economic Policy Blunders
Discover more about the policies that shaped a decade of hardship — and the lessons they hold for today.
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The Fed’s Gold Standard Confusion
While in theory, fiat money may be cheaper to maintain than a gold standard, in practice, central banks fail to deliver long-run price stability.
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Giving Thanks for Fossil Fuels
From travel to cooking to comfort, fossil fuels remain the foundation of your holiday feast.
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•
Benson Boone, Marcus Aurelius, and Giving Thanks For ‘Beautiful Things’
A pop song meets stoic philosophy in this reminder to be grateful for all we’d hate to lose.
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•
Does Trump Owe the Fed a Thank You?
The Fed flooded the economy with new money, driving prices up. Voters responded to inflation by booting the incumbent administration.
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•
David Hume on How Not to Lose Your Mind
Our intellectual arrogance and cultivated grievances too often overwhelm our reason and inner peace. But we don’t have to let them.
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•
The Ongoing Case for Argentine Dollarization
Pegging the peso to the dollar not only solidifies economic improvement and lower inflation, but protects against future populist regimes.
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•
AIER Thanksgiving Cost Index 2024
Giving thanks in the traditional American way is mindful, salutary, and increasingly expensive.
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•
What That Viral Starbucks Barista Doesn’t Understand about Risk
The tweeting employee fails to understand that she is taking on almost no risk and is being compensated accordingly.
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•
Not Your Grandfather’s Environmentalism: Why This Year’s UN Climate Conference Is Different
Today’s environmental movement prioritizes tactics not to counsel society, but to rule it. COP29 is a green glove on an iron fist.
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•
Why the Great Depression Lasted So Long: Amity Shlaes on Economic Policy Blunders
Discover more about the policies that shaped a decade of hardship — and the lessons they hold for today.
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•
The Fed’s Gold Standard Confusion
While in theory, fiat money may be cheaper to maintain than a gold standard, in practice, central banks fail to deliver long-run price stability.