With CHIPS Act subsidies, acquisitions, and now federal ownership shares in Intel, semiconductor makers are accruing a lot of political power. That won&#039 ...

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07.10.2025

Housing's Deep Freeze: Existing Home Sales at 25-Year Lows | The Daily Economy

Buyers are sidelined by high prices, while owners cling to historically cheap loans and high equity. The freeze is reshaping labor markets and family formation.

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07.10.2025

Nigeria’s Shea Ban Backfires, Crushing Millions of Women Workers | The Daily Economy

The ban will no doubt be a windfall for some. But for millions of Nigerians, it could be devastating.

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04.10.2025

What I Saw in Milei’s Argentina | The Daily Economy

Argentina’s vast potential is shackled by its Perónist past. The path to a thriving market economy demands relentless action across society, from the grassr ...

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04.10.2025

Tariffs Rest on Distrust of Citizens | The Daily Economy

Protectionism assumes Americans are foolish, squandering opportunities and mismanaging their finances. Free trade reflects confidence in our ability to adap ...

American Institute for Economic Research

03.10.2025

I Was a Victim of Cancel Culture. Don’t Perpetuate It. | The Daily Economy

Attacking people for their bad ideas doesn't make us safer. Silencing speech violates first principles — even if "they started it."

American Institute for Economic Research

03.10.2025

Mission Creep: The Fed’s Foray Into State and Local Debt | The Daily Economy

The Fed's scheme to offer credit to states and municipalities was fiscal policy in disguise, turning local mismanagement into a national problem.

American Institute for Economic Research

02.10.2025

The Big Chill: Mamdani's Rent-Freeze Fantasy  | The Daily Economy

Reduced rents for some tenants aren't worth reducing the supply and quality of housing for everyone else in the city.

American Institute for Economic Research

02.10.2025

Is Abandoning Quarterly Earnings Report Requirements a Good Idea? | The Daily Economy

All reporting is a trade-off between transparency and accountability on the one hand, and managerial flexibility and cost savings on the other.

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01.10.2025

Dodger Stadium's Dark Secret and the Human Cost of Urban Renewal | The Daily Economy

Urban renewal was not a failure of execution — it was a failure of principle. Just ask Aurora Vargas.

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01.10.2025

The Case for Privately Funding the Arts Just Got Stronger | The Daily Economy

Art is highly subjective. Why shouldn't individuals fund the work they feel is important and valuable, voluntarily?

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30.09.2025

Is This Even Capitalism Anymore? | The Daily Economy

Both right and left are lurching toward authoritarianism, including the kind of state-controlled economy America once opposed.

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30.09.2025

Zucman’s Wealth Tax Can’t Save France From Itself | The Daily Economy

"Reality will remain relentless," Bayrou warned after his ouster. Taxing billionaires won't come close to covering France's deficit.

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27.09.2025

Should We Set an Entry Price for Immigrants? | The Daily Economy

A price mechanism would streamline immigration while keeping its enormous social and economic benefits intact.

American Institute for Economic Research

27.09.2025

'Surveillance Pricing' Is Just Pricing | The Daily Economy

Seniors pay less for movies, students pay less for software. Tailored pricing is still disciplined by competitors and consumers, and it often means you&#039 ...

American Institute for Economic Research

27.09.2025

Inflation Still Over Target in August | The Daily Economy

Inflation has exceeded the Fed’s two-percent target for 54 consecutive months, with prices up 25 percent since March 2020.

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26.09.2025

'Abundance' of Contradiction: Progressives Discover Public Choice | The Daily Economy

Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson admit government is a tangle of competing interests. But they still want more of it.

American Institute for Economic Research

26.09.2025

Enabling Bad Behavior: The Federal Reserve’s Municipal Liquidity Facility in Retrospect | AIER

The Municipal Liquidity Facility (MLF), provided aid to fiscally distressed state and local governments. For the first time in its history, the Federal Rese ...

American Institute for Economic Research

26.09.2025

How Does the Federal Reserve Set Interest Rates? | AIER

Introduction People in financial markets and in the media regularly track Federal Reserve announcements and forecast what the Fed’s interest rate target wil ...

American Institute for Economic Research

26.09.2025

New Jersey's Assault on Homeschooling | The Daily Economy

Lawmakers are trying to force their ideology onto every child – even those who've opted out of government schools.

American Institute for Economic Research

25.09.2025

Regulatory Rollbacks Begin to Combat Cali's Housing Crisis | The Daily Economy

California's regulatory snarl perfectly encapsulates a key flaw of intrusive governance: the “fix” for one problem often creates another.

American Institute for Economic Research

25.09.2025

Seven Minutes Outside: The Collapse of Childhood Play | The Daily Economy

Kids are getting just 4-7 minutes a day of unstructured outdoor play. Overscheduling and anxiety are wreaking havoc on America’s youngest generation.

American Institute for Economic Research

25.09.2025

Regulatory Rollbacks Begin to Combat Cali’s Housing Crisis | AIER

California is home to numerous profitable industries, but many of the state’s residents struggle to survive under the weight of big government. Case in poin ...

American Institute for Economic Research

24.09.2025

Business Conditions Monthly July 2025 | The Daily Economy

Slowing job growth and high borrowing costs are dividing growth confidence. Firms are optimistic, but households are cautious amid affordability concerns.

American Institute for Economic Research

24.09.2025

Profit Isn’t the Enemy of Good | The Daily Economy

Profits usually signal the creation of real value. Demonizing successful firms actually damages the feedback loop created by service, trust, and reputation.

American Institute for Economic Research

24.09.2025

Hayek at the Hair Salon: Who Decides If a Business Is 'Needed'? | The Daily Economy

After investing thousands in her community and her dream, a young entrepreneur was denied a permit due to other salons in the area.

American Institute for Economic Research

24.09.2025

Hayek at the Hair Salon: Who Decides If a Business Is ‘Needed’? | AIER

The Institute for Justice has filed a new lawsuit in Clayton County, Georgia over a controversial decision by the county’s Board of Commissioners to deny pe ...

American Institute for Economic Research

24.09.2025

The High Cost of Free Transit | The Daily Economy

Paying even a modest fare signals that the service has worth. Without that signal, transit quickly attract vandals and lawless behavior.

American Institute for Economic Research

23.09.2025

The Big Government War on Airline Competition | The Daily Economy

What the airline industry needs isn’t more activist meddling — just the freedom to compete through mergers, partnerships, and innovation.

American Institute for Economic Research

23.09.2025

Pam Bondi is Wrong: Hate Speech Is Free Speech | The Daily Economy

Power-hungry partisans want to carve out a “hate speech” exception to the First Amendment. But there is no such exception. Protecting the speech we hate is ...

American Institute for Economic Research

20.09.2025

Why the Old Left–Right Divide No Longer Works | The Daily Economy

Michael Oakeshott’s distinction between government as referee and government as crusader sheds light on the identity-driven shifts remaking Western politics.

American Institute for Economic Research

20.09.2025

Psychology, Security, and the Subtle Surrender of Freedom | The Daily Economy

Tocqueville warned that freedom can erode not by force, but through the quiet surrender of responsibility.

American Institute for Economic Research

19.09.2025

Miran Follows a Long Tradition of Political Appointees at the Fed | The Daily Economy

From Eccles to Greenspan to Yellen, history suggests politically seasoned Fed officials are the rule rather than the exception.

American Institute for Economic Research

19.09.2025

How Do Communities Form? Exploring 'Social Philosophers' | The Daily Economy

Self-governance isn't inherently individualistic. Communities are woven of a network of mediating institutions, overlapping and competing for social re ...

American Institute for Economic Research

19.09.2025

The Austin Renaissance? Even School Choice Is Bigger in Texas | The Daily Economy

Austin’s independent spirit — and a billion dollars in voucher funding — will reshape classrooms and challenge government's monopoly on childhood.

American Institute for Economic Research

19.09.2025

Powell Pivots, Fed Cuts Rates as Jobs Market Weakens | The Daily Economy

The Federal Reserve lowered its policy rate for the first time since December 2024, even as inflation stays stubbornly above target. Signals show more cuts ...

American Institute for Economic Research

18.09.2025

Commercial Mortgage Delinquencies Now Surpass 2008 Financial Crisis Peak | The Daily Economy

Office and multifamily mortgages are defaulting at an alarming rate, putting billions in loan value at risk.

American Institute for Economic Research

18.09.2025

Adam Smith on Duty and 'the Great Division' of the Human Spirit | The Daily Economy

Adam Smith saw that civilization advances or declines based on our sense of duty and our ability to rise above fleeting emotions.

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The OECD’s Warning to America: Economic Growth Is Slipping | The Daily Economy

Will Bitcoin Strengthen or Weaken US Dollar Dominance? | The Daily Economy

Semiconductor Giants with Tech-Industrial Ambitions | The Daily Economy

Housing's Deep Freeze: Existing Home Sales at 25-Year Lows | The Daily Economy

Nigeria’s Shea Ban Backfires, Crushing Millions of Women Workers | The Daily Economy

What I Saw in Milei’s Argentina | The Daily Economy

Tariffs Rest on Distrust of Citizens | The Daily Economy

I Was a Victim of Cancel Culture. Don’t Perpetuate It. | The Daily Economy

Mission Creep: The Fed’s Foray Into State and Local Debt | The Daily Economy

The Big Chill: Mamdani's Rent-Freeze Fantasy | The Daily Economy

Is Abandoning Quarterly Earnings Report Requirements a Good Idea? | The Daily Economy

Dodger Stadium's Dark Secret and the Human Cost of Urban Renewal | The Daily Economy

The Case for Privately Funding the Arts Just Got Stronger | The Daily Economy

Is This Even Capitalism Anymore? | The Daily Economy

Zucman’s Wealth Tax Can’t Save France From Itself | The Daily Economy

Should We Set an Entry Price for Immigrants? | The Daily Economy

'Surveillance Pricing' Is Just Pricing | The Daily Economy

Inflation Still Over Target in August | The Daily Economy

'Abundance' of Contradiction: Progressives Discover Public Choice | The Daily Economy

Enabling Bad Behavior: The Federal Reserve’s Municipal Liquidity Facility in Retrospect | AIER

How Does the Federal Reserve Set Interest Rates? | AIER

New Jersey's Assault on Homeschooling | The Daily Economy

Regulatory Rollbacks Begin to Combat Cali's Housing Crisis | The Daily Economy

Seven Minutes Outside: The Collapse of Childhood Play | The Daily Economy

Regulatory Rollbacks Begin to Combat Cali’s Housing Crisis | AIER

Business Conditions Monthly July 2025 | The Daily Economy

Profit Isn’t the Enemy of Good | The Daily Economy

Hayek at the Hair Salon: Who Decides If a Business Is 'Needed'? | The Daily Economy

Hayek at the Hair Salon: Who Decides If a Business Is ‘Needed’? | AIER

The High Cost of Free Transit | The Daily Economy

The Big Government War on Airline Competition | The Daily Economy

Pam Bondi is Wrong: Hate Speech Is Free Speech | The Daily Economy

Why the Old Left–Right Divide No Longer Works | The Daily Economy

Psychology, Security, and the Subtle Surrender of Freedom | The Daily Economy

Miran Follows a Long Tradition of Political Appointees at the Fed | The Daily Economy

How Do Communities Form? Exploring 'Social Philosophers' | The Daily Economy

The Austin Renaissance? Even School Choice Is Bigger in Texas | The Daily Economy

Powell Pivots, Fed Cuts Rates as Jobs Market Weakens | The Daily Economy

Commercial Mortgage Delinquencies Now Surpass 2008 Financial Crisis Peak | The Daily Economy

Adam Smith on Duty and 'the Great Division' of the Human Spirit | The Daily Economy

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