We rarely hear positive things about plastic. Headlines overflow with alarming statistics on microplastic contamination and unsettling images of ocean…

Milton Friedman famously recognized that policy change only happens in crises: Only a crisis — actual or perceived — produces…

A debate is raging over housing policy. Many state lawmakers have proposed overriding local growth controls — land-use regulations on…

“An expert is one who knows more and more about less and less until he knows absolutely everything about nothing,”…

The AIER Business Conditions Monthly indicators reflected a noticeable downshift in US economic momentum in March 2025.  The Leading Indicator…

An important discussion is playing out on the political right regarding strategies and tactics for engaging society. A recent exchange…

Recent polling reveals a startling development: one in four young people has a positive view of communism as an economic…

The latest data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics confirm that the Federal Reserve has made a lot of progress…

In July 1959, at the American National Exhibition in Moscow’s Sokolniki Park, Vice President Richard Nixon stepped into a model…

Several weeks ago we asked Starbucks, at its annual meeting, about whether this shift away from straws actually created value…