We just made it through another tax season. Congress has begun debating whether and how to extend the Trump tax cuts from the 2018 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. Wh ...

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25.04.2025

What Scrooge Effect? Americans Keep Giving, Despite the Welfare State | The Daily Economy

Despite a large welfare state and high taxes, most Americans continue to donate money—even without any federal tax benefit.

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24.04.2025

Turning Treasury Securities into Century Bonds Is a Dead End | The Daily Economy

While the idea of reducing interest costs by converting existing debt into ultra-long, low-yielding bonds might sound like a creative solution to America’s ...

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24.04.2025

Texas Joins the School Choice Revolution | The Daily Economy

Texas has responded to families who want more say over how students are educated. Impacting 100,000 students, it's the largest single-day victory in US ...

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23.04.2025

How the Post-WWII Boom Proved Keynesians Wrong | The Daily Economy

Expect fans of federal spending to lament every dollar that isn't laundered through government. But leaving them in the economy works even better.

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23.04.2025

Madison Didn’t Predict the Market as the Last Check on Power | The Daily Economy

Legislators may be cowed and agencies may be politicized, but financial markets connect policies to their impacts with brisk efficiency.

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22.04.2025

Adam Smith vs. the Tariff State: A Timeless Case for Free Trade | The Daily Economy

Adam Smith’s principles, far more than Trump’s passions, are attuned to the principles of human flourishing.

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22.04.2025

The Wait Is the Price: Quiet Rationing Plagues Canadian Health Care | The Daily Economy

The time between referral and treatment has tripled since 1993. The supply of doctors, MRIs, and hospital beds can't keep up with tax-subsidized demand ...

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22.04.2025

The Wait Is the Price: Quiet Rationing Plagues Canadian Health Care | AIER

Last month, a video was trending on social media showing a Canadian woman explaining that she had a 13-month wait for a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) tes ...

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19.04.2025

Are Americans Worse Off Since NAFTA? The Data Say No | The Daily Economy

We Americans have gotten richer as we’ve run trade deficits and since NAFTA took effect as well as since China joined the WTO.

American Institute for Economic Research

19.04.2025

Hands Off the University, Indeed | The Daily Economy

When universities no longer accept federal funds, they will be free to run (or not run) their sports and dorms however they wish.

American Institute for Economic Research

19.04.2025

Congress Must Take Back Control Over Tariffs | The Daily Economy

Allowing the president to wield emergency powers for economic purposes undermines the separation of powers that the Constitution was designed to protect.

American Institute for Economic Research

18.04.2025

Victor David Hanson and his Smoot-Hawley Strawman | AIER

Victor David Hanson, a noted military historian turned prolific pro-Trump commentator, said, on the Megyn Kelly Show, he “can’t think of a tariff that cause ...

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18.04.2025

Victor David Hanson and his Smoot-Hawley Strawman | The Daily Economy

Economists don't claim that tariffs caused the Great Depression, but tariffs make bad times worse.

American Institute for Economic Research

18.04.2025

Milei’s Battle Against Argentina’s Currency Trap | The Daily Economy

Javier Milei is slowly unwinding the currency intervention and price control policies that restrict Argentines' access to investments.

American Institute for Economic Research

18.04.2025

'The Value of Others' Isn't Especially Valuable | The Daily Economy

Psychotherapist Orion Taraban’s attempt to reduce romantic relationships to market transactions might miss what makes them meaningful.

American Institute for Economic Research

18.04.2025

Business Conditions Monthly February 2025 | The Daily Economy

Broad inflation pressures seem to be easing, but consumer sentiment has plunged and business confidence is weakening.

American Institute for Economic Research

18.04.2025

The American Institute for Economic Research (AIER) Announces Leadership Change | The Daily Economy

AIER will continue its mission of promoting free markets and free people under a new president.

American Institute for Economic Research

17.04.2025

Hope for Some Sanity on Licensing Reform | The Daily Economy

Licensing is very costly to consumers and aspiring workers. Do you really need 1500 hours of training and state approval to cut hair?

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17.04.2025

Credit Markets on Edge as Tariff Pressure Builds | The Daily Economy

Tariffs rocked corporate earnings expectations, raising credit default risks. Even safe havens provide little relief from the chaos to come.

American Institute for Economic Research

17.04.2025

The Root of Totalitarianism is Social Engineering | The Daily Economy

Planners who want to 'perfect' society often resort to coercion to impose their preferred outcomes. The result has been unthinkable government vio ...

American Institute for Economic Research

16.04.2025

Trade Is Not a Light Switch: Why Cutting Global Ties Will Leave Long-Lasting Scars | AIER

The division of labor depends upon the extent of the market, but the extent of the market also depends upon the division of labor. The division of labor is ...

American Institute for Economic Research

16.04.2025

Can Some Deportations Promote Open Immigration and Protect Free Speech? | The Daily Economy

To achieve overall immigration liberalization, we are justified in keeping out those who would upend our constitutional order.

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16.04.2025

Gold ETF Inflows Hit Three-Year High | AIER

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16.04.2025

The Great COVID Exodus: How the Pandemic Sparked a Tax Revolt | The Daily Economy

Americans are no longer afraid to uproot their lives in pursuit of greater freedom, efficiency, and dignity—and the COVID-19 pandemic is a big reason why.

American Institute for Economic Research

16.04.2025

Trade Is Not a Light Switch: Why Cutting Global Ties Will Leave Long-Lasting Scars | The Daily Economy

The damage done by Trump’s tariffs is not some transient dip in output or a blip in prices. It is a structural downgrade in our capacity to create.

American Institute for Economic Research

15.04.2025

The Problem With Wellbeing Economics | The Daily Economy

Wellbeing economics wants to centralize power to make everyone happy, whether they like it or not.

American Institute for Economic Research

15.04.2025

Inside the Liberal Mind: The Tensions of Modern Political Thought | The Daily Economy

The liberal penchant for big projects is undermined by their love of regulations, something more people are noticing.

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12.04.2025

Retaliatory Tariffs? Again? | The Daily Economy

President Trump's recent tariffs show no familiarity with history, and little reassurance for those who hoped he understood capitalism and freedom.

American Institute for Economic Research

11.04.2025

Consumer Prices Fall in March | The Daily Economy

Both headline and core inflation are heading in the right direction. But the Fed shouldn’t overcorrect after a single month of falling prices.

American Institute for Economic Research

11.04.2025

The Other Cost of Protectionism | The Daily Economy

Protectionism is an economic poison, and its lingering side effects weaken the economic body over time.

American Institute for Economic Research

11.04.2025

US Air Strikes on Iran: a Fool’s Errand Risks Forever War | The Daily Economy

Bombing Iran's nuclear sites has no upside for American security interests. Have we learned nothing about the risks of endless war?

American Institute for Economic Research

11.04.2025

AIER’s Everyday Price Index Climbs Slightly in March 2025 | The Daily Economy

March’s tame inflation reading masks deeper trouble, as fading discretionary spending and looming tariff effects point to rougher economic terrain ahead.

American Institute for Economic Research

11.04.2025

Can Microgrants Fix Our Foreign Aid Failures? | The Daily Economy

Large scale aid dollars are usually squandered. Giving development funds directly to individuals can uplift communities.

American Institute for Economic Research

10.04.2025

A Civil Service for the Twenty-First Century | The Daily Economy

Reforms are needed to transform a political spoils system into a competent workforce of and for the people.

American Institute for Economic Research

10.04.2025

America’s Trade ‘Deficit’ Is a Ringing Endorsement | The Daily Economy

Foreign holdings of US dollars would better be called an "investment surplus." Our top exports aren't goods — they're stability and oppo ...

American Institute for Economic Research

10.04.2025

Don’t (Just) Hate the Tariffs, Hate the Institutions | The Daily Economy

Trump exercises power with more theatrical defiance than Obama and Biden. But the power itself comes from complacency and abdication of constitutional checks.

American Institute for Economic Research

09.04.2025

Reagan Knew the Art of the Trade Deal Better | AIER

In 1979, Governor Ronald Reagan was getting ready for his third presidential campaign, having mounted a late challenge to Nixon in 1968 and directly challen ...

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Did Trump Really ‘Make Showers Great Again’? Not Exactly | The Daily Economy

Termination Day at the Fed? Probably Not | The Daily Economy

What Scrooge Effect? Americans Keep Giving, Despite the Welfare State | AIER

What Scrooge Effect? Americans Keep Giving, Despite the Welfare State | The Daily Economy

Turning Treasury Securities into Century Bonds Is a Dead End | The Daily Economy

Texas Joins the School Choice Revolution | The Daily Economy

How the Post-WWII Boom Proved Keynesians Wrong | The Daily Economy

Madison Didn’t Predict the Market as the Last Check on Power | The Daily Economy

Adam Smith vs. the Tariff State: A Timeless Case for Free Trade | The Daily Economy

The Wait Is the Price: Quiet Rationing Plagues Canadian Health Care | The Daily Economy

The Wait Is the Price: Quiet Rationing Plagues Canadian Health Care | AIER

Are Americans Worse Off Since NAFTA? The Data Say No | The Daily Economy

Hands Off the University, Indeed | The Daily Economy

Congress Must Take Back Control Over Tariffs | The Daily Economy

Victor David Hanson and his Smoot-Hawley Strawman | AIER

Victor David Hanson and his Smoot-Hawley Strawman | The Daily Economy

Milei’s Battle Against Argentina’s Currency Trap | The Daily Economy

'The Value of Others' Isn't Especially Valuable | The Daily Economy

Business Conditions Monthly February 2025 | The Daily Economy

The American Institute for Economic Research (AIER) Announces Leadership Change | The Daily Economy

Hope for Some Sanity on Licensing Reform | The Daily Economy

Credit Markets on Edge as Tariff Pressure Builds | The Daily Economy

The Root of Totalitarianism is Social Engineering | The Daily Economy

Trade Is Not a Light Switch: Why Cutting Global Ties Will Leave Long-Lasting Scars | AIER

Can Some Deportations Promote Open Immigration and Protect Free Speech? | The Daily Economy

Gold ETF Inflows Hit Three-Year High | AIER

The Great COVID Exodus: How the Pandemic Sparked a Tax Revolt | The Daily Economy

Trade Is Not a Light Switch: Why Cutting Global Ties Will Leave Long-Lasting Scars | The Daily Economy

The Problem With Wellbeing Economics | The Daily Economy

Inside the Liberal Mind: The Tensions of Modern Political Thought | The Daily Economy

Retaliatory Tariffs? Again? | The Daily Economy

Consumer Prices Fall in March | The Daily Economy

The Other Cost of Protectionism | The Daily Economy

US Air Strikes on Iran: a Fool’s Errand Risks Forever War | The Daily Economy

AIER’s Everyday Price Index Climbs Slightly in March 2025 | The Daily Economy

Can Microgrants Fix Our Foreign Aid Failures? | The Daily Economy

A Civil Service for the Twenty-First Century | The Daily Economy

America’s Trade ‘Deficit’ Is a Ringing Endorsement | The Daily Economy

Don’t (Just) Hate the Tariffs, Hate the Institutions | The Daily Economy

Reagan Knew the Art of the Trade Deal Better | AIER

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