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Harry Potter and the Deathly Economic Misconceptions
From goblin banks to unbreakable galleons, the wizarding world of Harry Potter reflects a form of folk economics that clashes with the realities of prosperity and growth.
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AIER’s Everyday Price Index Rises Again as Energy Shock Fuels Inflation
AIER’s cost index rose sharply in May amid higher energy costs, while softer core inflation suggested consumers are becoming more price-sensitive.
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Ancient Clay Tablets Show Markets Worked 4,000 Years Before Economists Explained Them
Clay tablets unearthed in Asia Minor reveal a sophisticated commercial order emerging spontaneously nearly four thousand years before economists explained how markets work.
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Why Water Prices Are Rising
America’s water crisis is a governance problem, not a scarcity problem.
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The Working Class Built Football. Fiat Money Priced Them Out
The sport built by the working class has become a luxury product through the slow, compounding arithmetic of central bank inflation.
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Recessions as Murder Mysteries: Are Business Cycles Just a Myth?
In his new book ‘Recession,’ economist Tyler Goodspeed argues that economic downturns are caused by real shocks, not predictable business cycles.
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Can Stock Indexes Afford to Ignore SpaceX?
Firms that grow large before going public raise questions about whether index membership rules shape market reality rather than merely reflect it.
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Early Progressives Understood What Minimum Wages Do
Progressives once embraced minimum wages as a tool to exclude marginal workers from the labor market. Modern advocates have different goals, but the same economic effect.
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Bessent’s Neo-Mercantilism: New Podium, Old Mistakes
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and others argue that tariffs and industrial policy can restore America’s strength. In reality, diversified supply chains and open markets provide greater resilience than economic nationalism.
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Section 301 ‘Forced Labor’ Tariffs Would Dangerously Expand Executive Power
The White House has yet another rationale for tariffs, and it’s another attack on the separation of powers.
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Economic Misconceptions
From goblin banks to unbreakable galleons, the wizarding world of Harry Potter reflects a form of folk economics that clashes with the realities of prosperity and growth.
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•
AIER’s Everyday Price Index Rises Again as Energy Shock Fuels Inflation
AIER’s cost index rose sharply in May amid higher energy costs, while softer core inflation suggested consumers are becoming more price-sensitive.
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•
Ancient Clay Tablets Show Markets Worked 4,000 Years Before Economists Explained Them
Clay tablets unearthed in Asia Minor reveal a sophisticated commercial order emerging spontaneously nearly four thousand years before economists explained how markets work.
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•
Why Water Prices Are Rising
America’s water crisis is a governance problem, not a scarcity problem.
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•
The Working Class Built Football. Fiat Money Priced Them Out
The sport built by the working class has become a luxury product through the slow, compounding arithmetic of central bank inflation.
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Recessions as Murder Mysteries: Are Business Cycles Just a Myth?
In his new book ‘Recession,’ economist Tyler Goodspeed argues that economic downturns are caused by real shocks, not predictable business cycles.
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Can Stock Indexes Afford to Ignore SpaceX?
Firms that grow large before going public raise questions about whether index membership rules shape market reality rather than merely reflect it.
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•
Early Progressives Understood What Minimum Wages Do
Progressives once embraced minimum wages as a tool to exclude marginal workers from the labor market. Modern advocates have different goals, but the same economic effect.
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•
Bessent’s Neo-Mercantilism: New Podium, Old Mistakes
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and others argue that tariffs and industrial policy can restore America’s strength. In reality, diversified supply chains and open markets provide greater resilience than economic nationalism.
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•
Section 301 ‘Forced Labor’ Tariffs Would Dangerously Expand Executive Power
The White House has yet another rationale for tariffs, and it’s another attack on the separation of powers.