Economy

AIER has submitted amicus curiae briefs to the New Hampshire Supreme Court in the combined cases Rand v. State and ConVal v. State.…

Segment of a political cartoon from the 1890s, titled “A Confidence Trick.” JM Staniforth 1895. Recently on Facebook, an attractive young woman –…

New Year’s Eve fireworks above the US Capitol Building, Washington DC. 2016. “Should auld acquaintance be forgot and never brought to mind?” Many…

President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Social Security Act. 1935.  Donald Trump and Joe Biden began the campaign season by staying away from social security…

Artist’s concept of a central bank digital currency. When it comes to designing digital currencies that protect the identity and transactions data of…

Signage at the East River Plaza mall in Harlem, NY reflects grocery options competing side-by-side, including warehouse clubs and discounters. 2021. Nearly two…

Economic misconceptions persist due to misguided intuitions that overlook complex factors, a preference for principles over outcomes, the influence of epistemic bubbles, and…

Andrés Manuel López Obrador addresses a press conference. EneasMx. July 2024. Here in the US we don’t normally have much interest in the…

Revolutionaries burn a carriage in front of the Chateau d’eau in Paris during the French revolution. Lithograph, Nathaniel Currier. 1848. “In one sense,…

A young waitress cheerfully takes orders from a group. In Leave Me Alone and I’ll Make You Rich: How the Bourgeois Deal Enriched…