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Dear America: It’s Time to Break Up
"Decentralization is the light at the end of a very dark tunnel for America. Eventually, we may not have a…
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Adam Smith, Capitation, and the Nonsense That Is the Proposed Wealth Tax
"While the economic implications of this proposal are sufficiently flimsy to discount its claimed purpose of revenue generation, the proposed…
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AIER’s Everyday Price Index Jumps 1.2 Percent in October
“AIER’s Everyday Price Index posted its eleventh consecutive increase in October on widespread gains. Price pressures remain elevated due to…
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Weekly Initial Claims for Unemployment Continue to Trend Lower
“Weekly initial claims for unemployment benefits continue to fall, hitting the lowest level of the recovery. The tight labor market…
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The FDA is Back and Coming after Smart Socks
"Considering the FDA regulates nearly 40 percent of all consumer products, its recent actions are a strong cause for concern.…
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The Great Tax Gap Flap
"Americans do not want to return to the days when they deliberately overpaid their taxes in order to avoid a…
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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Economics Classroom
"Critics worry that DEI initiatives will lead to watered down, therapeutic curricula, but the DEI push is a great time…
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AIER Leading Indicators Index Falls Again, Hitting the Neutral 50 Mark
The AIER Leading Indicators index posted a seventh consecutive drop in October, coming in at a neutral 50 versus 54…
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Negative Interest Rates and the ECB’s Brave New Credit World
"The widely negative real interest rates, which have already been a reality in some segments of the European capital markets,…
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J&J Isn’t the Bad Guy in the Talcum Tort Transfer
"The HHS National Toxicology Program doesn’t list talc as a cause of human cancer. The Cancer Council of Western Australia…
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