Economy

Headquarters of the Internal Revenue Service, bearing the quotation, “Taxes are what we pay for a civilized society.” 2015. In a recent trip…

Sold sign in front of a house in a residential neighborhood, California. Single-family home prices are up nearly 50 percent since the start…

Majority Whip Tom Emmer, pictured here during a gubernatorial race in Minnesota. 2010. The US House of Representatives recently passed a bill to…

Apex Building, headquarters of the Federal Trade Commission in Washington DC. 2008. The US economy faces numerous challenges, exacerbated by policy uncertainty and…

President Barack Obama acknowledges the crowd at his farewell address in Chicago. 2017. We should try hard to understand just why our intellectual…

Rally to Resist, outside the State Capitol in Des Moines, Iowa. 2023. America is in a funk. We’re mistrustful of one another, seething…

Donald Trump, backed by a flag, speaks at an event in National Harbor, MD. 2024. A central plank of Donald Trump’s 2024 presidential…

Entrance to The New York Stock Exchange in Lower Manhattan, New York City. 2022. In April 2024, the AIER Business Conditions Monthly Leading…

Students walk past a gated entrance to Yale University, 2017. Two things seem like they should go without saying: People use their own…

The Federal Reserve building in Washington DC. The Federal Reserve has a 2-percent inflation target. Central bankers are supposed to conduct monetary policy…