Economy

In November 2023, the AIER Everyday Price Index (EPI) fell 0.79 percent to 284.9. This is the largest percentage decline in the index in 2023, and the third-largest since the…

ESG has made significant inroads in the finance and investing community. Environmentalists have long used divestiture campaigns and impact investing to influence companies via finance. Their impact was relatively small…

Javier Milei, Argentina’s president-elect has captured global attention with his proposals to dollarize the economy and close the “Banco Central de la República Argentina” (BCRA), the country’s central bank. He…

Inflation rose slightly in November, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) grew 0.1 percent last month after remaining essentially unchanged in October. Year-over-year headline…

New Hampshire may be a small state in New England, but it offers a big lesson for America.  That lesson is this: The best way to keep your freedom is…

With Javier Milei becoming president of Argentina, the debate over Argentina’s full de jure dollarization is gaining international attention. Mary Anastasia O’Grady offers a glimpse into the media’s diverse perspectives…

When James Monroe addressed Congress 200 years ago, many assumed his annual message would be limited to legislative initiatives. Since he had no spin doctors to help him explain his…

Rating agency Moody’s just downgraded China’s credit outlook from stable to negative after doing the same to the US about a month ago. Does this mean that China is on…

This past September the Cato Institute launched a major new initiative called “Defending Globalization.” The brainchild of Cato’s prolific international-trade scholar Scott Lincicome, Defending Globalization is a multimedia project designed…

The era spanning from 1870 until the start of World War I is often called the “first age” of globalization. Trade volumes rose rapidly. Large swaths of the global population…