The new book 'Welfare for Markets' contextualizes the centuries-long effort to disentangle social welfare investments from broken bureaucratic pro ...

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02.07.2025

But Lagarde, Europe Is a Museum! | The Daily Economy

A shift of foreign investments from dollars to euros would only make inflation and confiscation risks worse.

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02.07.2025

Trump’s Handwritten Note to Powell: Lower Rates Abroad, So Why Not Here? | The Daily Economy

Do lower interest rates in other countries really mean the Fed is too tight?

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02.07.2025

The Persistence of Benefit Cliffs: A Behavioral Look at a Policy Problem | The Daily Economy

As long as benefit cliffs are treated primarily as a math problem, we will continue to miss the mark. Benefit cliffs are not just technical design flaws — t ...

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01.07.2025

What the End of the Chevron Doctrine Means | AIER

Paul Mueller explains how the regulatory environment and economy changes with the end of the Chevron Doctrine.

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01.07.2025

There's a New Sheriff at the Fed | The Daily Economy

Michelle Bowman’s remarks offer a clear vision for a more focused, flexible, and transparent regulatory regime. It's a welcome recalibration.

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01.07.2025

Rediscovering Frédéric Bastiat in an Age of Tariffs | The Daily Economy

Bastiat's writing combines campy, folksy stories with blinding economic logic. Even 200 years later, he has much to teach us.

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28.06.2025

PBS and NPR: A Free Press Doesn’t Need a Government Budget Line | The Daily Economy

“Public interest” media always sponsors a particular (state-approved) perspective at the expense of others. NPR's voluntary donors can support a more e ...

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28.06.2025

Trump v Powell: The Credibility Cost of Politicized Monetary Policy | The Daily Economy

Politicians might prefer lower interest rates, but the Fed must protect its fragile post-pandemic progress on prices. Credibility is hard earned and easily ...

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28.06.2025

Despite Tariffs, Inflation Remained Low in May | The Daily Economy

The best the Fed can do (whether or not tariff shocks appear) is keep nominal spending on a stable trajectory.

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27.06.2025

Central Bank Independence: More Heat than Light | The Daily Economy

Is central bank independence practical or even desirable? A new AIER Explainer considers the legal and constitutional standing of the Federal Reserve.

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27.06.2025

Trump’s ‘Art of the Deal’ Politics Undermine America’s Future | AIER

In game theory, a “first-mover advantage” gives the opening player the power to set the rules of engagement. President Donald Trump built much of his politi ...

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27.06.2025

Teachers' Unions Think They Own Your Kids | The Daily Economy

Chicago Teachers' Union president Stacy Davis Gates says the quiet part out loud. But if they were her kids, she'd be arrested for educational neg ...

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27.06.2025

Trump’s 'Art of the Deal' Politics Undermine America’s Future | The Daily Economy

As an erratic 'first mover,' Trump's negotiation style destabilizes the nation. Game theory and public choice explain the global stakes of hi ...

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26.06.2025

SALT in the Wound: How Tax Deductions Reward Fiscal Irresponsibility | The Daily Economy

Allowing citizens to deduct state and local taxes effectively rewards high-spending states and punishes prudence.

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26.06.2025

Is the GENIUS Act Creating a Shadow CBDC System? | The Daily Economy

Allegedly designed to regulate stablecoins, the bill quietly allows for a de facto retail CBDC system — one implemented not by the Federal Reserve, but by t ...

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26.06.2025

Nazis Teach Us How to Defeat Them | The Daily Economy

Freedom from coercion, not illusive freedom from scarcity or fear, will protect us from the dangerous escalation of antisemitism.

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25.06.2025

Rethinking the Fed’s Framework: Lessons from the Post-Pandemic Inflation | AIER

The paper evaluates alternative frameworks and argues that the Fed should adopt either a nominal spending target or a symmetrical average inflation target.

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25.06.2025

Should Economists Rule the World? | The Daily Economy

Mark Carney, an economist who served as the central banker of two G7 countries, is now the prime minister of Canada.

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25.06.2025

Mayday! Mayday! We Have Abuse of Emergency Powers | The Daily Economy

The "emergency" on which the president claimed tariff powers from Congress is flimsy. Not only is it not an emergency, it's not a problem.

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24.06.2025

Dollar's Decline Meets Rising Dedollarization: The Threat Comes from Within | The Daily Economy

The Bloomberg Dollar Index has fallen nearly 8.5 percent, its steepest drop since the 1980s. Elsewhere, incremental signs point to emerging alternatives.

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24.06.2025

The Techno-Industrial Policy Playbook Isn’t Conservative — It’s Central Planning | The Daily Economy

National conservatives want to grow the state to save the nation, but only liberty can do that.

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22.06.2025

Trump's Dilemma: Can He Be Anti-Iran and Anti-War? | The Daily Economy

Trump has condemned and campaigned to end America's "forever wars." Will neocon warhawks goad him into Iranian regime change?

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21.06.2025

Three Goals for Trump’s Trade Negotiations | The Daily Economy

The President's priorities should include low prices, international influence, and reduced risk of a global trade war.

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21.06.2025

Why Is Housing So Partisan in the Northeast? | The Daily Economy

Party splits on housing issues often do not align with typical interests. What jobs do each employ zoning laws to accomplish?

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20.06.2025

Business Conditions Monthly April 2025 | The Daily Economy

Hiring is slowing and consumer sentiment is souring, but households and small firms are responding positively to a pause in tariff escalations. The US econo ...

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20.06.2025

What is Central Bank Independence? | AIER

The explainer defines central bank independence, describes its theoretical desirability, and reviews classic and contemporary studies on how central bank in ...

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20.06.2025

Juneteenth Could Be a Casualty of DEI — and That’s a Tragedy | The Daily Economy

Juneteenth celebrates the promise of freedom for every American. Don't let recent, racist rot undermine its 160-year message of hope.

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20.06.2025

Fed Holds Rates Steady Amid Economic Uncertainty | The Daily Economy

The Federal Reserve board isn't committing to rate cuts, voting to holding its policy interest rate at 4.25 to 4.5 percent. As inflation and employment ...

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19.06.2025

Canada’s Digital Services Tax is Unfair to the US — Congress Noticed | The Daily Economy

All countries imposing DSTs would be wise to abandon them, as they raise little revenue and drag down growth and innovation.

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19.06.2025

Can Bureaucracy Love Science? 'Bethesda Declaration' Reveals NIH's Culture Crisis | The Daily Economy

"Dissent is the very essence of science” declare employees of NIH — but groupthink and replicability crises reign. Dr. Bhattacharya knows first hand wh ...

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19.06.2025

Sunnova Bankruptcy Signals Tough Times for Solar | The Daily Economy

Solar energy's global growth relied on heavy government subsidies. As subsidies dry up, expect the sector to shrink.

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19.06.2025

Can Bureaucracy Love Science? ‘Bethesda Declaration’ Reveals NIH’s Culture Crisis | AIER

On June 9, about 300 employees of the National Institutes of Health, representing all 27 NIH institutes, issued a letter they called the “Bethesda Declarati ...

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18.06.2025

1984's New Introduction Is a Missed Opportunity | The Daily Economy

Orwell's masterpiece could help us grapple with our recent lurch towards authoritarianism. But only if we want it to.

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18.06.2025

Intersections Between the Bible and Economics | The Daily Economy

While it is Christian to be charitable, Jesus never mixed charity with compulsion, nor did he teach his followers to resort to force.

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17.06.2025

Waller Isn't Flinching at Tariff Inflation — Here's Why | The Daily Economy

Many at the Fed believe once tariffs raise the price floor, inflation will return to trend, but unemployment and consumer projections vary.

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17.06.2025

Brown University’s Embarrassing Investigation of Alex Shieh Exposes the Rot of US Universities | The Daily Economy

The student whistleblower who exposed administrative bloat and waste was targeted with a punitive investigation. Claims to 'academic freedom' are ...

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14.06.2025

Trump Administration’s Foolish Educational Autarky: United States Should Welcome Chinese Students | The Daily Economy

Hosting foreign students builds our economic and scientific edge, but exposing young people to our liberty and opportunity makes the whole world better off.

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14.06.2025

Deficits, Debts, and the Big Beautiful Bill | The Daily Economy

We have assigned far too many responsibilities to the federal government, several of which they have no business having in the first place. Overspending fol ...

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Milei's Economic Miracle: How Argentina Slashed Inflation to 1.5% | The Daily Economy

Cash, Not Control: A Global History of Basic Income | The Daily Economy

But Lagarde, Europe Is a Museum! | The Daily Economy

Trump’s Handwritten Note to Powell: Lower Rates Abroad, So Why Not Here? | The Daily Economy

The Persistence of Benefit Cliffs: A Behavioral Look at a Policy Problem | The Daily Economy

What the End of the Chevron Doctrine Means | AIER

There's a New Sheriff at the Fed | The Daily Economy

Rediscovering Frédéric Bastiat in an Age of Tariffs | The Daily Economy

PBS and NPR: A Free Press Doesn’t Need a Government Budget Line | The Daily Economy

Trump v Powell: The Credibility Cost of Politicized Monetary Policy | The Daily Economy

Despite Tariffs, Inflation Remained Low in May | The Daily Economy

Central Bank Independence: More Heat than Light | The Daily Economy

Trump’s ‘Art of the Deal’ Politics Undermine America’s Future | AIER

Teachers' Unions Think They Own Your Kids | The Daily Economy

Trump’s 'Art of the Deal' Politics Undermine America’s Future | The Daily Economy

SALT in the Wound: How Tax Deductions Reward Fiscal Irresponsibility | The Daily Economy

Is the GENIUS Act Creating a Shadow CBDC System? | The Daily Economy

Nazis Teach Us How to Defeat Them | The Daily Economy

Rethinking the Fed’s Framework: Lessons from the Post-Pandemic Inflation | AIER

Should Economists Rule the World? | The Daily Economy

Mayday! Mayday! We Have Abuse of Emergency Powers | The Daily Economy

Dollar's Decline Meets Rising Dedollarization: The Threat Comes from Within | The Daily Economy

The Techno-Industrial Policy Playbook Isn’t Conservative — It’s Central Planning | The Daily Economy

Trump's Dilemma: Can He Be Anti-Iran and Anti-War? | The Daily Economy

Three Goals for Trump’s Trade Negotiations | The Daily Economy

Why Is Housing So Partisan in the Northeast? | The Daily Economy

Business Conditions Monthly April 2025 | The Daily Economy

What is Central Bank Independence? | AIER

Juneteenth Could Be a Casualty of DEI — and That’s a Tragedy | The Daily Economy

Fed Holds Rates Steady Amid Economic Uncertainty | The Daily Economy

Canada’s Digital Services Tax is Unfair to the US — Congress Noticed | The Daily Economy

Can Bureaucracy Love Science? 'Bethesda Declaration' Reveals NIH's Culture Crisis | The Daily Economy

Sunnova Bankruptcy Signals Tough Times for Solar | The Daily Economy

Can Bureaucracy Love Science? ‘Bethesda Declaration’ Reveals NIH’s Culture Crisis | AIER

1984's New Introduction Is a Missed Opportunity | The Daily Economy

Intersections Between the Bible and Economics | The Daily Economy

Waller Isn't Flinching at Tariff Inflation — Here's Why | The Daily Economy

Brown University’s Embarrassing Investigation of Alex Shieh Exposes the Rot of US Universities | The Daily Economy

Trump Administration’s Foolish Educational Autarky: United States Should Welcome Chinese Students | The Daily Economy

Deficits, Debts, and the Big Beautiful Bill | The Daily Economy

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