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Business Conditions Monthly June 2025

AIER’s Business Conditions Monthly indicators for June 2025 point to a sharper divergence in the US outlook. The Leading Indicator…

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Economics

From Gleaning to Growth: Ancient Lessons for Reducing Poverty

Care for the poor is an essential part of a virtuous life in the Jewish and Christian traditions, and other…

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Are the BLS and Other Government Statistical Agencies Partisan? Here’s What My Research Found

Finding consensus among economists is an occasional treat. Last week’s firing of Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) commissioner Erika McEntarfer…

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Economics

80 Years After Total Surrender, Japan’s Strong Institutions Still Deliver

Eighty years ago, Japan was brought to its knees by the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, on August 6…

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Economics

Blue-Collar Workers Shouldn’t Subsidize White-Collar Degrees

During Joe Biden’s presidency, American taxpayers bore the burden of hundreds of billions of dollars in student loan forgiveness —…

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Economics

María Oropeza’s Brutal Capture Shows Gen Z Where Socialism Leads

Every time I hear a young person romanticize socialism, I picture them trying to explain it to someone who’s actually…

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Economics

The UN is Costly and Corrupt: Should the US Pull Back?

Twenty years ago, a committee led by former Chair of the US Federal Reserve Paul Volcker released its report. The…

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Economics

The Founders Would Be Appalled by Trump’s Tariff Policy—Even Hamilton

President Trump has, it is clear, upended the global trading system and America’s place in it through his aggressive use…

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Economics

Social Security at 90: A Brief History of America’s Sacred Cow 

On August 14, 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act into law. The program was designed to…

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Economics

Rate of Inflation Cools in July, Case for Rate Cuts Builds

Inflation eased slightly in July, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 0.2…

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