The Great Depression formally began in August 1929, two months before Black Tuesday. Initially, the economic downturn that began late that Summer gave no signs that it was the start…
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Economy
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Trade negotiations are often mischaracterized as adversarial contests akin to warfare or chess. (The latter is increasingly invoked in varying degrees: 3d, 4d, and nth degree). Headlines speak of countries…
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Introduction Global trade can be a hot-button topic. Whether we have free or fair trade and issues like national security, jobs, and economic development are recurring touchpoints of debate. But…
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Milton Friedman famously recognized that policy change only happens in crises: Only a crisis — actual or perceived — produces real change. When that crisis occurs, the actions that are…
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We rarely hear positive things about plastic. Headlines overflow with alarming statistics on microplastic contamination and unsettling images of ocean pollution. Yet plastic has quietly played an essential role in…
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Milton Friedman famously recognized that policy change only happens in crises: Only a crisis — actual or perceived — produces real change. When that crisis occurs, the actions that are…
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We rarely hear positive things about plastic. Headlines overflow with alarming statistics on microplastic contamination and unsettling images of ocean pollution. Yet plastic has quietly played an essential role in…
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“An expert is one who knows more and more about less and less until he knows absolutely everything about nothing,” philosopher Nicholas Murray Butler once quipped. While the statement holds…
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A debate is raging over housing policy. Many state lawmakers have proposed overriding local growth controls — land-use regulations on housing, such as restrictive zoning requirements — in order to…
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The AIER Business Conditions Monthly indicators reflected a noticeable downshift in US economic momentum in March 2025. The Leading Indicator fell from 54 in February to 42 in March —…