Economy

Daniel McCarthy — Distinguished Fellow in Conservative Thought at the Heritage Foundation — recently penned in the pages of American Spectator, an obituary of sorts for libertarianism. His essay is…

Imagine it’s January in New York and you’re sharing a tiny apartment with two roommates. The walls are crumbling around you, and there’s a hole in your bedroom wall big…

This November, Vermont will vote on Proposal 3, a legislatively referred constitutional amendment to entrench collective bargaining rights in the state’s constitution. If it passes, the Vermont legislature would be…

Before Zohran Mamdani burst onto the scene of NYC politics with promises of cheap groceries, rent control, and calls to seize the means of production, his father, Mahmood Mamdani, was…

Venture capitalist Nick Hanauer, an acknowledged “one percenter,” makes a spirited case in this week’s Wall Street Journal for a “new economics” to alleviate what he sees as the inherent…

The July 2026 AIER Business Conditions Monthly (BCM) shows a sharp reversal in forward-looking conditions, even as measures of current and trailing activity improved. The Leading Indicator fell to 42…

A Primer on Federal Reserve Remittances 1. Introduction Corporate profits serve as a widely watched barometer of American business. As reported in the national accounts — the official economic ledgers…