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Manufacturing Sector Declines in November
“Industrial-sector output fell in November. Elevated price pressures, weak consumer sentiment, and an aggressive Fed tightening cycle remain risks. Caution is warranted.” ~ Robert Hughes
Initial Unemployment Claims Fall While Continuing Claims Jump
“Initial claims fell to a three-month low while continuing claims jumped to an eight-month high. Elevated consumer price increases and aggressive Fed tightening remain major risks for the economic outlook.” ~ Robert Hughes
After Three Holiday Seasons, Pandemic Monetary Policy Still Driving up Prices
"The HDAY Index and TDAY Index lead to the same irrefutable conclusion: the ongoing cost of policies implemented to mitigate the spread of COVID are large and, almost three years later, proving disconcertingly…
Communicating Economics to Young People
"Among the most satisfying of my professional duties as an economics educator is communicating, mostly by email, with students from around the country, and sometimes from abroad, about economics and liberalism." ~…
What We Owe The Future: A Review
"We owe the future the chance to unfold as it will, free from the fetters of arbitrary authority which presumes to know what is 'good' for it." ~ Paul Schwennesen
Yellen Blaming Consumers for Inflation Is Government’s Latest Attempt to Deflect Blame for Its Policies
A few weeks ago, US Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen appeared on the Late Show With Stephen Colbert to discuss a range of issues both political and personal.
AIER Leading Indicators Index Posts Sixth Consecutive Month Below Neutral
“AIER’s Leading Indicators Index came in at 29 in November, the sixth consecutive month below the neutral 50 threshold. The low readings are consistent with economic weakness and significantly elevated risks for the outlook.”…
Education Entrepreneurs Face Regulatory Hurdles Everywhere. This State Is Trying To Help
While working for years as a public high school biology teacher in Utah, JeVonne Tanner grew increasingly frustrated by the constraints of a conventional classroom.
Now is Hollywood’s Best Chance to Push Back Against CCP Censorship #shorts
“I wanna see a movie!” In western countries, this is a leisurely preference, but in China, it is a rallying cry. China’s continued zero-cov*d policy shutters its populace inside with little hope of regular socialization.
