The annual ritual known as Black Friday takes on renewed significance in 2023. This year’s shopping extravaganza will serve as a litmus test for the strength of the American consumer…
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The first Pilgrim colonists who arrived in North America in November of 1620 failed in grand ways. Later generations—especially the Founding generation—learned valuable lessons from those failures. We should be…
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For the past few years, we have reported on the change in prices associated with various holiday seasons. The Thanksgiving Cost Index was the first, a product of our desire…
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Economy
Dollarization without Fiscal Prudence Is Not Possible. With Fiscal Prudence, It’s not Necessary.
The runoff election on Sunday, November 19 in Argentina between the Peronista Sergio Massa and the libertarian Javier Milei offers contrasting proposals to address that nation’s economic crisis. In Argentina,…
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Twitter’s “Muted Words” function is a godsend. For a long time, every major event that takes place in the world — think wars, elections, politicking — has quickly generated a…
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If anything is fair to say in this world, it is that presidential candidate Nikki Haley is not a fan of TikTok. She has been saying for quite some time…
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In 1942, there were 108,579 public school districts in the United States. By the 2020-21 school year, there were only 13,187. That massive consolidation of school districts was propelled by…
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Although freedom of expression is today under assault by extremists on both the political right and left, it endures as a fundamental liberal value. True liberals understand that no society…
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This talk was given by AIER economist Peter C. Earle at the 2023 Mont Pelerin Society meeting in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, 30 October 2023 Ladies and gentlemen, fellow panelists,…
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This piece is the third in a series by Paul Mueller. Part I Part II The intellectual lineage of the ESG movement is fundamentally globalist and collectivist. I will focus…