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America Can’t Revive Manufacturing by Shunning Robots
A few months ago, I was privileged to tour the Michigan steel mill where my daughter works. A month or so later, I toured a brewery in North Carolin…
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The Real Cost of $40 Trillion in Debt
I was only a few days into my role at AIER when Pete Earle penned “ $34 Trillion and Climbing ” in January 2024. Six months later, he published “ $3…
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Don’t Let Washington Pick the Next Apple
By the mid-2000s, BlackBerry seemed untouchable. Its compact QWERTY keyboard and always-connected email transformed a pocket-sized device into an in…
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Sound Money, Explained
1. Introduction: Why Sound Money Matters Money is foundational to commerce and plays a central role in everyday life. We work for it, save it, inv…
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The Corporate Virtue Trap
Businesses today are expected to do far more than produce goods, satisfy customers, and earn a profit. Increasingly, they are evaluated according to…
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What Slaughtered Pigs Can Teach Us About Europe’s Wine Policy
In the spring of 1933, American farmers pleaded for help from their newly elected president, Franklin Roosevelt. Hog prices were at record lows, and…
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Germany’s Auto Giant Is Losing the Race
Automakers from Germany to Detroit are at a crossroads. Do they produce cars for consumers or for political points? Ford and Volkswagen are finding …
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The Price of Fed Silence
Markets almost never function better when participants know less rather than more. Yet that is where the growing campaign against Federal Reserve fo…
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July Inflation Rises, But Weakening Labor Complicates Fed’s Choice
Inflation crept back up in July, though not by much. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 0.1 percent last month, a modest reversal after June’s 0.4…
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The FCC Denies Right to Fair Trial
In a 2024 ruling that shook DC to its foundations, the Supreme Court upheld the Seventh Amendment in SEC v. Jarkesy (2024) , affirming the right t…
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