Escape Velocity: Why America’s 1963 Poverty Math Is Broken

In a recent analysis gone viral, financial blogger Michael W. Green traced how modern American families can earn anywhere from…

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The Quiet Ban on Physician-Owned Hospitals 

In most sectors of the American economy, we celebrate the moment when insiders break away to build something better. Engineers…

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Business Conditions Monthly September 2025: Data Blackout

The longest federal shutdown in US history has created deep gaps in the flow of economic data, preventing calculation of…

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Regulating Yesterday’s Market: When Innovation Moves Faster Than the Law

Can regulation work when a market changes faster than a case can be litigated? The Justice Department filed its antitrust…

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AIER’s Thanksgiving Index Near All-Time High: Costs Rise Again As Inflation Persists

The 2025 Thanksgiving season arrives with an unwelcome development: after last year’s brief and much-needed period of easing in several…

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The Gold Standard, Explained

This explainer will outline what the gold standard was, how it operated, the benefits and criticisms surrounding it, and how…

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America’s Next Industrial Geography: Wherever the Power Is Cheap

On Capitol Hill this week, five Democratic senators accused the Trump administration of “sweetheart deals with Big Tech” that have…

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The Fed Doesn’t Determine the Price of Credit. Markets Do

Recent movements in short-term loan markets are a timely reminder of a forgotten truth: The Federal Reserve is not the…

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COP-30 Misses the Point: Give Indigenous People Ownership, Not Handouts

Central planners just can’t help themselves. They feel obligated to solve the world’s problems. Consider this year’s Orwellianly-named “Conference of…

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Let Neighborhoods Work: Bans on Home Businesses Are Out of Control

Do you sell cupcakes, run a home photography studio, or tutor kids in your living room? If so, you might…

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