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Fahrenheit 451 Predicted People Would Demand Tyranny by Barry Brownstein for American Institute for Economic Research Even if it has been a while since you read Fahrenheit 451, you might remember Ray Bradbury’s classic for its portrayal of a dystopian future...
An Inalienable Human Right to Commerce by Peter C. Earle for American Institute for Economic Research News over the last several days of a rise in Covid-19 infections raised concerns regarding a “second wave” of coronavirus infections; and in turn about...
Private Enterprise Fuels the Community by Max Gulker for American Institute for Economic Research Residents of Berkshire County, the mostly rural far-western slice of Massachusetts where AIER makes its home, joke that Bostonians don’t know the final fifty miles of their...
Household Net Worth Hits A Record While Government and Corporate Debt Pile Up by Robert Hughes for American Institute for Economic Research Fallout from Covid-19 and government policies of lockdowns and restrictions continue to wreak havoc on the economy. While much...
Top Twenty Lessons I’ve Learned in 2020 by Jeffrey A. Tucker for American Institute for Economic Research This year has been a shock. Here is an early sketch of what I think I’ve learned. Governments are fully capable of doing...
Liberty or Lockdown by Jeffrey A. Tucker for American Institute for Economic Research I’m very pleased to announce that my book Liberty or Lockdown is now available at Amazon. It includes a foreword by George Gilder. Below is my introduction. For...
Witchcraft, Leprosy, and Covid: “Power to Harm” as Political Weapon by Stacey Rudinf for American Institute for Economic Research The Covid pandemic is mired in questions of responsibility and blame. In the heat of panic, we abandoned all of our...
The Academy’s Monopoly on the Truth Is Crumbling by Max Gulker for American Institute for Economic Research Academia has traditionally built high walls around itself, with experts expanding the frontiers of knowledge and everyone else accepting it. Academic elites often behave...
A “Supercomputer” is Deciding the Politics of Australians by AIERvideo By decree of an anonymous university “supercomputer,” Victoria’s Dan Andrews has opted to extend stage 4 lockdowns. This is once again stalling the economic recovery of the region and plundering...
Be Serious, You Don’t Solve Lockdowns With More Central Planning by John Tamny for American Institute for Economic Research To read the lofty coronavirus relief proposals from Democrats and Republicans is to detect confusion about what powers economic growth. Neither side...
In this Red Dawn, Who Invaded Whom? by Jeffrey A. Tucker for American Institute for Economic Research The gigantic mess of 2020 called lockdown began with an email thread called Red Dawn, based on the old movie about a Russian invasion...
Total Unemployment Benefits Recipients Remain Near 30 Million by Robert Hughes for American Institute for Economic Research Initial claims for regular state unemployment insurance totaled 860,000 for the week ending September 12, down 33,000 from the previous week’s upwardly revised tally...
Yes, 2021 Could Be Worse by Robert E. Wright for American Institute for Economic Research I notice lots of folks on social media pining for 2021. Don’t kill the messenger, but 2021 could be much worse than 2020. Coronavirus restrictions could...
Corona’s Culture of Coercive Compliance by Jenin Younes for American Institute for Economic Research Our public culture has changed dramatically since the pandemic lockdowns began in March. Unprecedented interventions in individuals’ lives and curtailments of their liberties have become the “new...
