Peter C. Earle

Economics

Escape Velocity: Why America’s 1963 Poverty Math Is Broken

In a recent analysis gone viral, financial blogger Michael W. Green traced how modern American families can earn anywhere from…

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Economics

Business Conditions Monthly September 2025: Data Blackout

The longest federal shutdown in US history has created deep gaps in the flow of economic data, preventing calculation of…

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Economics

AIER’s Thanksgiving Index Near All-Time High: Costs Rise Again As Inflation Persists

The 2025 Thanksgiving season arrives with an unwelcome development: after last year’s brief and much-needed period of easing in several…

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Economics

Meet the Texas Stock Exchange: Wall St Finally Gets Competition

For more than a century, America’s stock listings have been dominated by two addresses: Wall Street’s New York Stock Exchange…

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Washington’s Wall Street Algorithm: How the SEC Designed the Modern Market

American capital markets — stock exchanges, bond markets, over-the-counter markets for securities and derivatives of all types — are often…

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Electricity Prices are the New Inflation Flashpoint

Electricity prices have moved from the background of daily life to the front lines of politics. What was once a…

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Economics

AIER’s Everyday Price Index Inches Up Again in Sept 2025

The AIER Everyday Price Index (EPI) rose 0.29 percent to 297.6 in September 2025, marking its tenth consecutive monthly increase…

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Economics

Imagine That Growth: Lessons from a Tariff-Free Timeline

Imagine a parallel universe where, with the stroke of a pen, President Trump declares an end to the ill-conceived trade…

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Economics

Business Conditions Monthly August 2025

Owing to the ongoing federal government shutdown, a number of key US economic data releases are currently unavailable. The Federal…

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Economics

Repo Market’s Warning Light is Flickering

After several years of calm, stress is again building in the hidden plumbing of the US financial system — the…

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