AIER’s Everyday Price Index (EPI) rose to 295.8 in June 2025, an increase of 0.51 percent. June was the first month since February, in which the EPI rose more on…
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AIER’s Everyday Price Index (EPI) rose to 295.8 in June 2025, an increase of 0.51 percent. June was the first month since February, in which the EPI rose more on…
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Do increases in the minimum wage only manifest themselves in reduced employment? Or are there other not-so-visible, but also not-so-trivial, effects that should be part of the policy discussion? As…
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Few regions in Argentina symbolize the collapse of the Peronist model as clearly as La Rioja. This remote and impoverished province has depended for decades on subsidies distributed by the…
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“Socialism,” said the British free speech campaigner Lord Young, “Always begins with a universal vision for the brotherhood of man and ends with people having to eat their own pets.”…
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Critics often scoff at the market economists’ claim that competition fosters relentless innovation. A recent meme points to the ubiquity of chicken sandwiches across major fast food chains as supposed…
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In 1936, the economist William H. Hutt (1899-1988) coined the term “consumers’ sovereignty” as a label for the driving force of a market economy in which producers succeed or fail…
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“Socialism,” said the British free speech campaigner Lord Young, “Always begins with a universal vision for the brotherhood of man and ends with people having to eat their own pets.”…
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Critics often scoff at the market economists’ claim that competition fosters relentless innovation. A recent meme points to the ubiquity of chicken sandwiches across major fast food chains as supposed…
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The Trump administration’s Liberation Day tariffs were set to fully kick in on July 9, but the new duties on imported goods have been given another pause until August 1.…