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How Did the Social Justice Movement Take Hold?
READ Barry Brownstein's Article: https://www.aier.org/article/to-live-for-grievances-risks-liberty/ LISTEN to Liberty Curious: https://www.aier.org/podcasts/ SUBSCRIBE to Barry's Substack:…
Is the Shoplifting Epidemic Fake Bad News? Yes and No
As someone who has spent time researching population economics, I’m no stranger to false bad news. It’s no secret that doom-and-gloom headlines sell better than “everything is fine.” So over the last few months seeing viral…
2024 Federal Tax Brackets Are Out. Find Out Which Bracket You’re In—and Why Tax Rates Are So High
The IRS released new federal income tax brackets last week. Though marginal tax rates did not change, federal law requires the brackets to be adjusted for inflation, and this is how they shake out. Marginal rate Individual…
The Nat Cons Are Dead Wrong: Middle-Class America Is Much Better Off Today Than in the Past
In the last several months, I have debated some of the intellectual leaders of a group called the "national conservatives." I consider myself a conservative (on most issues, though I lean more libertarian). National…
In Los Angeles, a Tiny School Lets Young People Direct Their Own Education
From the outside, the headquarters of Alcove Learning looks like any small home in the largely Latino Boyle Heights section of Los Angeles. Flanked by similar houses and located among varied storefronts and restaurants, this…
Paw Patrol 2 Is Fun and Has a Very Important Lesson for Young People
I recently took my 6-year-old to see PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie, Paramount’s sequel to its 2021 hit PAW Patrol: The Movie. We’d seen that first movie together and both enjoyed it immensely—if for different reasons. As I …
Lawrence W. Reed: Statement to the President of Poland
Presented to President Andrzej DudaWarsaw, Poland By Lawrence W. ReedRecipient of the Grand Cross of the Order of MeritOf the Republic of Poland November 11, 2023 Mr. President, Distinguished Guests, and the People of Poland:…
Decades After Assisting the Polish Underground in the USSR, an Economist Will Receive Poland’s Highest Honor
In November 1986, Lawrence W. Reed arrived at the Warsaw-Okecie Airport in Poland to catch a plane back to the United States after a two-week visit to the Soviet satellite state. The 33-year-old economist was hoping to be…
College History Textbooks spread Misinformation about the Great Depression
"US history instruction, including at the college level, is badly out of sync with the scholarly literature on the Great Depression. History textbooks show little cognizance of the leading economic explanations for this…
Assistant to State’s Top Covid Official Resigns After It’s Discovered She Billed the State More Than $1 Million
The government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic pushed an astonishing number of businesses into bankruptcy. But there’s no denying that there have been some winners in the federal government’s $5 trillion federal spending…
