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The Corporate Virtue Trap
Businesses are increasingly judged by ethical scorecards. But when virtue becomes a target, firms learn to optimize the metric — crowding out what actually matters.
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Where Have All the Conservatives Gone?
Left and right increasingly compete over how to wield government power rather than whether to limit it. Stephanie Slade’s ‘Fusionism’ asks whether liberty and restraint still have a constituency.
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What Slaughtered Pigs Can Teach Us About Europe’s Wine Policy
There’s a senselessness to Europe’s attempt to manage wine supply and dictate prices that echoes the New Deal’s effort to alleviate poverty by destroying millions of pigs.
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Germany’s Auto Giant Is Losing the Race
German industrial icon Volkswagen has watched global rivals outpace it. EU mandates increasingly require automakers to prioritize bureaucrats targets over consumers.
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The Price of Fed Silence
When the Fed withholds information, markets don’t stop searching — they simply reward those with privileged access.
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July Inflation Rises, But Weakening Labor Complicates Fed’s Choice
The Fed is caught between cooling labor conditions and persistent demand, as nominal spending growth remains above its pre-pandemic pace.
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The FCC Denies Right to Fair Trial
Closed administrative courts with no impartial reviewers were overruled in SEC v. Jarkesy. Strangely, FCC procedures won’t get the same scrutiny.
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The Lesson of 1971 Was Never About Gold
President Nixon abandoned the gold standard. The deeper problem was a monetary system dependent on political judgment.
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AIER Everyday Price Index Posts July Dip as Inflation Pressures Cool
Our price index notes modest deflation as lower fuel costs offset increases elsewhere, strengthening the case for stable Fed rates in September.
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Flock Cameras vs. Freedom: Welcome to the Warrantless Panopticon
Flock cameras promise easier policing by destroying the Fourth Amendment — creating a permanent, searchable, warrantless database of everywhere Americans go.
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The Corporate Virtue Trap
Businesses are increasingly judged by ethical scorecards. But when virtue becomes a target, firms learn to optimize the metric — crowding out what actually matters.
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•
Where Have All the Conservatives Gone?
Left and right increasingly compete over how to wield government power rather than whether to limit it. Stephanie Slade’s ‘Fusionism’ asks whether liberty and restraint still have a constituency.
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•
What Slaughtered Pigs Can Teach Us About Europe’s Wine Policy
There’s a senselessness to Europe’s attempt to manage wine supply and dictate prices that echoes the New Deal’s effort to alleviate poverty by destroying millions of pigs.
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•
Germany’s Auto Giant Is Losing the Race
German industrial icon Volkswagen has watched global rivals outpace it. EU mandates increasingly require automakers to prioritize bureaucrats targets over consumers.
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•
The Price of Fed Silence
When the Fed withholds information, markets don’t stop searching — they simply reward those with privileged access.
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•
July Inflation Rises, But Weakening Labor Complicates Fed’s Choice
The Fed is caught between cooling labor conditions and persistent demand, as nominal spending growth remains above its pre-pandemic pace.
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•
The FCC Denies Right to Fair Trial
Closed administrative courts with no impartial reviewers were overruled in SEC v. Jarkesy. Strangely, FCC procedures won’t get the same scrutiny.
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•
The Lesson of 1971 Was Never About Gold
President Nixon abandoned the gold standard. The deeper problem was a monetary system dependent on political judgment.
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•
AIER Everyday Price Index Posts July Dip as Inflation Pressures Cool
Our price index notes modest deflation as lower fuel costs offset increases elsewhere, strengthening the case for stable Fed rates in September.
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•
Flock Cameras vs. Freedom: Welcome to the Warrantless Panopticon
Flock cameras promise easier policing by destroying the Fourth Amendment — creating a permanent, searchable, warrantless database of everywhere Americans go.