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AIER’s Everyday Price Index Gains Marginally in December 2024
The price of energy, entertainment, and rent continued to rise. Food prices were down slightly following November’s increase. Signs point to stabilization.
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Corporate Handouts are Un-American
The power of companies, like government, is supposed to come from the people they serve.
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Benjamin Graham and How to Invest Like a Legend
A new edition of the investing classic offers strategy beyond luck: preparation, discipline, and knowing when to break your own rules.
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Zuckerberg’s Pivot on Meta Content Moderation Is a Win for Free Thinkers
Truth isn’t consolidated in a few experts who dictate to the rest of us. Instead, it’s distributed throughout a complex market of minds.
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Why the US Grows While the EU Slows: Adam Smith’s Recipe
Adam Smith’s recipe of “peace, easy taxes, and a tolerable administration of justice” explains much of the discrepancy in GDP.
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NY Will Raise Minimum Wage and Rate of Business Exodus
Albany lawmakers want to raise the wage floor again, and index it to inflation. The state’s constant interventions will destroy jobs and perhaps whole businesses.
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Crafting a Crisis: The Unseen Impact of Tariffs on Artisans at Home
Tariffs raise prices on specialty materials, making many all-American handicrafts difficult to produce. Small businesses suffer.
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Is There Hope in Politics?
Political avarice, sanctioned robbery, coercive control: such is the nature of government, and always has been. We already know the cure.
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Dynamia, Not Stagnatia
Specialized labor and freely shifting markets result in creative destruction, but also mutual enrichment. Where would you want to live?
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‘Greedflation’ Claims Distract, Drive Policy in the Wrong Direction
Blaming producers for higher prices obscures true policy failures and economic bad actors — perhaps deliberately.