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How Federal Transfers Undermine Freedom
Introduction This explainer expands upon the earlier AIER explainer “A Brief Histor…
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How Federal Transfers Undermine Freedom
Introduction This explainer expands upon the earlier AIER explainer “A Brief History of Federal Transfers” by examining the relationship between …
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Warsh Inherits a Fed Caught Between Inflation and Trump
On Friday, Kevin Warsh will be sworn in as the seventeenth Chair of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, after being confirmed by the Senate in…
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Why Libertarianism Keeps Splintering
Is libertarianism cracking up? Pick almost any contested political issue of the moment, and you’ll find prominent self-identified libertarians on op…
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Ted Turner Had Many Passions, Especially Population Control
Judging by the headlines , Ted Turner, who died earlier this month at age 87, will be remembered as an adventurer and visionary: creator of CNN , an…
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CPI Meets Goodhart's Law: Can Economic Metrics Become Fallacies?
When Henry Hazlitt wrote in Economics In One Lesson that “Economics is haunted by more fallacies than any other study known to man” he knew what he …
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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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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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