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Why Even Progressive Economists Are Finally Warming to Free Markets
Don’t look now, but free-market economics is coming back into vogue. For the last decade, mainstream economists of both the right and the left have begun to flirt with statist
Can U.S. become robotics capital of the world?
Divided as we might be, let’s face it: America and much of the world quickly fell in love with C-3PO, the humanoid robot character who appears in every Skywalker Star Wars movie as well as in television series, novels,…
As Many as 1 Million Kids Will Have School Choice This Year
This is the dawning of the age of school choice. The school bells will start ringing in the days and weeks ahead, but a record number of kids — especially children from low-income families — will be opting out of the…
Trump Right Again: Slowing Inflation Confirms Time To Cut Interest Rates
By Robert Romano Consumer inflation grew by 0.2 percent in July and is 2.7 percent above last year’s level according to the latest data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, relatively flat from the prior month as food and…
AIER’s Everyday Price Index Notches a Slight 0.10% Gain in July 2025
In July 2025 the AIER Everyday Price Index (EPI) rose to 296.1, a rise of 0.10 percent. This is the eighth consecutive monthly increase in the index, which has risen
AIER’s Everyday Price Index Notches a Slight 0.10% Gain in July 2025
In July 2025 the AIER Everyday Price Index (EPI) rose to 296.1, a rise of 0.10 percent. This is the eighth consecutive monthly increase in the index, which has risen 1.79 percent since January 2025. Fifteen of the twenty-four…
Foundations of Economics: It All Starts With Cooperation
It is by understanding the nature of cooperation that one can see how the evolution of all the other foundations of economics, and even the free market economy itself, was driven by the societal benefits from ever more…
Great Barrier Reef in great health whiles climate change kills science
Despite record-high emissions of carbon dioxide and hottest ever temperatures, the Great Barrier Reef was again enjoying one of its best years yet. In the 40 years that AIMS has been studying it, the last four years have been…
From Tea Party Patriotism to Economic Nationalism: How the Right Gave Up on Small Government
The cascading events of the 2008 global recession, and a bipartisan $700 billion bailout of US banks, sparked a cultural backlash known as the Tea Party movement. This grassroots affiliation then swelled in opposition to more…
From Tea Party Patriotism to Economic Nationalism: How the Right Gave Up on Small Government
The cascading events of the 2008 global recession, and a bipartisan $700 billion bailout of US banks, sparked a cultural backlash known as the Tea Party movement. This grassroots affiliation
