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Jerome Powell’s Mixed Legacy: Successes and Shortcomings at the Fed
Jerome Powell’s term as Federal Reserve chair ended Friday, and assessments of his le…
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Jerome Powell’s Mixed Legacy: Successes and Shortcomings at the Fed
Jerome Powell’s term as Federal Reserve chair ended Friday, and assessments of his legacy are already rolling in. At Bloomberg, Amara Omeokwe a…
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Mass Transit in the Sky: How Air Travel Went from Elite to Affordable
When I was growing up, the only white-collar worker on either my father’s or mother’s side of our family was my Uncle Malcolm, husband of my mom’s o…
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How Not to Measure AI Productivity
A recent Wall Street Journal report on a workplace trend called “tokenmaxxing” offers a revealing glimpse into some of the confusion attending Amer…
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Headline Inflation Cooled in April, but Core Pressures Picked Up
Headline inflation cooled in April, but not enough to give the Federal Reserve much comfort. The Consumer Price Index rose 0.6 percent last mon…
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The Effects of Immigration on Labor Markets
Immigration to the United States is a complex and thorny topic. Setting aside the impact of immigration on American culture and politics, as well as…
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Estimating the Iran War’s Effect on US Gasoline Prices
Americans seldom experience war directly — World War II was the last time a war reached US soil. Since then, our wars have been experienced much mor…
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AIER’s Everyday Price Index Surges, Signaling Renewed Inflation Pressure
AIER’s proprietary Everyday Price Index (EPI) surged 1.6 percent to 312.3 in April 2026. Among the index’s twenty-four constituents, the prices of t…
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