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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...
This paper investigates the effect of affordable housing obligations in New Jersey on cost of living, cost of housing, and actual housing production. New...
Central bank independence isn’t just wonky economic theory. It’s a stabilizing force in fiat money-using economies. When shortsighted politicians control monetary policy, the public...
Gold has crossed $4,000 per ounce just 200 days after it passed $3,000. What began as a slow march from crisis to crisis has...
America is in the midst of a housing crisis. Homelessness hit a record high last year, rising 18 percent in 2024. Meanwhile, rent spiked...
The reported death of US dollar dominance has been greatly exaggerated. The dollar’s demise has been repeatedly prophesied, supposedly threatened by any number of...
In 1961, with global politics chilled by the looming Cold War, President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivered his farewell address, warning the nation of a...
The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development’s (OECD) latest economic outlook should serve as a wake-up call for Washington. While the organization upgraded global...
In August, the Associated Press reported that Nigeria had passed a law prohibiting the export of raw shea nuts — a key ingredient in...
The American housing market is no stranger to boom and bust cycles, but the current slowdown in existing home sales is remarkable both for...
Creating a long list of the familiar flaws in protectionists’ thinking is easy. Protectionists don’t realize that, although trade ‘destroys’ some particular jobs in...