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Europe’s Free Speech Erosion: A Warning for the United States

In July 2024, after a shocking massacre at a children’s dance class in Southport, UK, speculation about the identity of…

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Economics

Buy Now, Pay Later Is Just Credit, Not a Crisis

In 2023, Americans used Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) services to finance over $100 billion in US retail transactions, up…

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Economics

Will the US Be a Safe Harbor for AI — or a Roadblock?

Senator Ted Cruz wants a federal moratorium on state-level AI regulation, centralizing authority in Washington. But if the federal government…

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Economics

The Real Debt Threat: Government Spending, Not Tax Cuts

Larry Summers recently claimed on X that Republican tax policies — specifically the One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) pushed by…

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Economics

Inflated Worries: Don’t Sweat June’s Hot Prices

Inflation ticked up last month, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 0.3 percent last…

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Economics

AIER’s Everyday Price Index Jumps 0.51 percent in June 2025

AIER’s Everyday Price Index (EPI) rose to 295.8 in June 2025, an increase of 0.51 percent. June was the first…

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Economics

How Minimum Wages Punish Cash Businesses

Do increases in the minimum wage only manifest themselves in reduced employment? Or are there other not-so-visible, but also not-so-trivial,…

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Economics

No Bailouts: Milei Serious About Federalism

Few regions in Argentina symbolize the collapse of the Peronist model as clearly as La Rioja. This remote and impoverished…

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Economics

Your Favorite Chicken Sandwich Shows How Markets Iterate

Critics often scoff at the market economists’ claim that competition fosters relentless innovation. A recent meme points to the ubiquity…

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Economics

New York’s Socialist Temptation: Young People’s Idealism Ignores Economics

“Socialism,” said the British free speech campaigner Lord Young, “Always begins with a universal vision for the brotherhood of man…

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