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For the past few years, the world has been falling into what Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE)’s Matthew Harwood calls a “free...
About 10 years ago, economist Matthew Mitchell and the Mercatus Center published a short video titled “The Wrath of CON: How Certificate-of-Need Laws Affect...
The American Institute for Economic Research educates people on the value of personal freedom, free enterprise, property rights, limited government, and sound money. AIER’s...
Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,Over many a quaint and curious chart of fiscal lore — While I nodded, nearly...
Fresh out of university and looking for a career in public policy, I interviewed for a job in the Conservative Research Department of the...
The howls of disapproval from the cowboy-hat demographic have been loud this week, and for good reason. President Trump has announced plans to quadruple...
Austerity comes from the Greek word “austeros,” connoting harsh, bitter, astringency. The first instance of the word to mean fiscal discipline was in 1937,...
Introduction Medicaid, Title XIX of the Social Security Act, is a joint federal-state program that finances health care to the poor.[1] When it was...
In the aftermath of World War I, thousands of young officers were faced with limited prospects for advancement. In that inauspicious moment, then–Second Lieutenant...
Americans are feeling the sting of President Trump’s tariffs. Consumer goods ranging from coffee and watches to toys and televisions are experiencing a jump...
Inflation eased slightly in September, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported late last week, after a delay in the release due to the...
Globalization is perhaps best explained not with statistics, but with a pair of foods beloved in China. Consider Shenyang’s chicken racks and Wuhan’s duck...
Failure gets rewarded when it comes to government unions. Look no further than Stacy Davis Gates, the president of the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU)....