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Understanding the Import Price Index and What It Says
When it comes to economic analysis, price indices are almost everywhere. In fact, the…
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Understanding the Import Price Index and What It Says
When it comes to economic analysis, price indices are almost everywhere. In fact, the American Institute for Economic Research publishes its own Eve…
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Big Government Is Why Politics Keeps Getting More Extreme
James M. Buchanan famously described Public Choice as “politics without romance,” observing that in politics, like the rest of their lives, people…
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If Congress Wants a Raise, It Should Do Its Job
Congress may finally receive the inflation adjustments lawmakers have spent years blocking . But before legislators get a raise, Congress should fi…
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Sorkin’s '1929': Panic, Politics, and the Search for Villains
On September 2, 1929, a reporter phoned Evangeline Adams, an astrologist, to ask her opinion of the stock market. The publisher of a successful news…
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The Razor’s Edge of Progress: How King Gillette Built an Abundance Revolution
One morning in Boston in 1895, as K. C. Gillette stood before the mirror, a brilliant idea flashed across his mind . “As I stood there with the razo…
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Excess Spending Keeps Inflation Above Target in April
The conflict in the Middle East has pushed prices higher this year. But the latest data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis suggests the worst of …
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The Bitter Lessons of Sugar Control in World War I
As German forces launched what would become their final major offensive on the Western Front in March 1918, President Woodrow Wilson’s Food Administ…
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