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'The Wealth of Nations' and 250 Years of Economists Missing the Point
This year marks the 250th anniversary of both the Declaration of Independence and Ada…
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'The Wealth of Nations' and 250 Years of Economists Missing the Point
This year marks the 250th anniversary of both the Declaration of Independence and Adam Smith’s The Wealth of Nations — no mere coincidence. The E…
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He Wrote an Op-Ed. Then Police Tracked Him
The ACLU is raising concerns about the abuse of automated license plate reader (ALPR) technology in the wake of a disconcerting story out of Kansas. …
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From Shakespeare to Smith: Why Credit Exists in Every Western Society
When Polonius tells Laertes in Hamlet , “Neither a borrower nor a lender be,” perhaps Shakespeare was speaking from family experience. In the early 1…
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Business Conditions Monthly February 2026
The February 2026 AIER Business Conditions Monthly (BCM) highlights a notable divergence across the economic cycle, with forward-looking indicators s…
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State Economic Policy Is Shaping Electoral Destiny — That's Bad News for Team Blue
In February, the Tax Foundation’s Jared Walczak observed that not long ago, it was still possible to speak of a “typical” state income tax with a to…
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Fallacies Forthcoming: Why Mazzucato's Latest Is Already Outdated
Economics is a peculiar science. On the one hand, it is the queen of the social sciences and offers a powerful logic for understanding the world . On…
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Why Gas Tax Holidays Backfire
Energy price increases are hitting Americans hard. In the March 2026 Everyday Price Index, my colleague Pete Earle noted that the Iran war drove up …
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