Great Barrington, Massachusetts, May 26, 2022 — The American Institute for Economic Research (AIER), one of the oldest and most respected nonpartisan economic research and educational organizations...
U.S. corporate profits before tax and excluding adjustments for capital consumption and inventory valuation rose to a record-high $3,192.5 billion at a seasonally-adjusted annual rate in the...
University faculty should not be the victims of targeted harassment. Emotional stress and fear can have a chilling effect on open inquiry by discouraging scholars from engaging...
Initial claims for regular state unemployment insurance fell 8,000 for the week ending May 21, coming in at 210,000 (see first chart). Claims have now decreased in...
Jay Bhattacharya invited me to participate in a one-day conference on COVID policy. The conference was held at M.I.T. on May 16th. Here are the remarks that...
Reprinted from Inside Sources “I’m not an expert. I’m just a smoker who quit smoking after 41 years and started helping other people do the same.” That...
New orders for durable goods increased 0.4 percent in April following a 0.6 percent gain in March, the sixth increase in the last seven months. Total durable-goods...
What is steel compared to the hand that wields it? – Thulsa Doom, from Conan the Barbarian There’s no more exciting and anxious time in an author’s...
Once-venerable newspapers have increasingly become mouthpieces of the prevailing orthodoxy. While there is plenty wrong with that orthodoxy, the real problem comes when news is blurred with...
Reprinted from the Independent Institute The ontology of the human being is elusive. But let’s say: You are a soul and you own your person. The soul...
