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Liberalism Needs No Enemies | AIER
In his instructive political fable, The Awakening of Jennifer Van Arsdale, George Leef writes, “Liberalism […]
State and local governments have spent less than half of their American Rescue Plan fiscal recovery funds: Recovery funds should be used to rebuild the public sector
On March 13, the U.S. Treasury Department released data and an interactive dashboard showing how […]
What can be done about the Chancellor gaming his fiscal rules
As Chris Giles explains here, Chancellor Hunt is gaming his fiscal rules. He is […]
Interview with Annamaria Lusardi on Financial Literacy
David A. Price interviews Annamaria Lusardi “on financial literacy, seniors versus scammers, and learning from […]
The Calling of Classical Liberal Researchers: Remind Your Neighbor
Classical liberal researchers notice paradoxes and dilemmas in their work, and those dilemmas shape their […]
Recent banking failures add another reason to halt interest rate hikes
The debate over the Federal Reserve’s proper course of action for the rest of 2023 […]
Asia’s trade at a turning point
Policymakers in Asia are rightly focused on the potential reconfiguration of global supply chains, given […]
Open letter to Jeffrey Sachs on the Russia-Ukraine war • The Berkeley Blog
Dear Dr. Sachs, We are a group of economists, including many Ukrainians, who were appalled […]
Minimum Wage Hurts Whom It Claims to Help
Not long ago, I flew into a small Ohio airport. Don’t ask why, sometimes Ohio […]
How Ethical Consumption Emboldens Certification Systems and Rent Seeking Agencies
In 2021, Chobani became the first in the US dairy industry to achieve Fair Trade […]
Mervyn King: “Our Ambition at the Bank of England is To Be Boring”
Back in 2000, the Deputy Governor of the Bank of England, Mervyn King, gave a […]
How will emerging-market economies perform this year? – FocusEconomics
Go EastAs has been the case in recent decades, our Consensus is for Asian economies […]
The Dark Magic of Promotio Competitio
Promotio Competitio is a magic spell, more potent than many others. Neither Harry Potter’s Expecto […]
What the US Can Learn From Taiwan’s Success in Chip Manufacturing
Following the recent US-imposed microchip bans on China, The Biden Administration launched the CHIPS for […]
Some Economics of Pandemic Vaccination
The Oxford Review of Economic Policy has published a 10-paper symposium on the “Economics of […]
Two years later, American Rescue Plan funds are still a transformative resource: State and local governments—particularly in the South—should invest unspent funds in workers, families, and communities
The American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) celebrated its second anniversary on March 11. In those […]
Will this week’s Budget be pre-election giveaways, or show signs of strategic thinking?
As my posts are usually written just before Budgets happen, I will add a […]