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AIER educates people on the value of personal freedom, free enterprise, property rights, limited government and sound money. @thedailyeconomy @FUSIONaier
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Joined May 2009
The Daily Economy brings together top minds to keep you informed about what's happening in economics and why it matters. Follow for daily insights!
Welcome to The Daily Economy, a publication of @aier. We publish data-driven articles that explore the forces shaping our economy, politics, and culture. Follow us for daily insights!
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You can’t starve a beast that borrows its meals. Deficit financing turns limited government into a generational Ponzi scheme by feeding on tomorrow’s taxpayers instead of today’s. https://t.co/fmVQMwzZFs
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The old fiscal conservative mantra—that cutting taxes restrains government—has failed the test of time. When spending continues on borrowed funds, it’s not ...
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Great evening in Colorado Springs last night for a Harwood Salon hosted by @aier. We talked about dismantling the teachers unions to save our country.
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Still energized by last night’s @aier Harwood Salon in Colorado Springs. Got to meet @DeAngelisCorey, the leading voice for school choice, and Nobel Laureate in Economics Vernon Smith, one of our community’s greatest treasures. What a night for ideas in education and economics!
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SNAP’s collapse has sparked something remarkable: a nationwide surge of charity and community action. From churches to corporations, communities are showing that the true “welfare state” is voluntary, local, and effective. https://t.co/tYMlPt9WRz
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Food stamp failures have mobilized thousands of individuals and businesses to provide meals for the hungry. Why are we tasking the feds with this anyway?
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New York’s new mayor, Zohran Mamdani, insists his “democratic socialism” isn’t Marxism. But history shows that once government gains the power to dictate prices, wages, and ownership, it never stops at “helping.” It ends up at "controlling." https://t.co/4BHm8rNfc1
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History shows us that a government empowered to dictate wages and ownership for "equality" will mutate into control over individual choices.
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🗽 New York’s new mayor, Zohran Mamdani, is taking bold policy steps. Will residents stay to see them through? Economists call it “voting with your feet” when people move toward better opportunities. Some estimates warn 1 MILLION more New Yorkers are preparing to leave. Since
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School choice is making education a magnet for talent and capital. Families, entrepreneurs, and Fortune 500s alike are migrating toward states that empower parents. It's turning education policy into the hidden engine of America’s demographic and economic renewal.
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Families, entrepreneurs, and Fortune 500 companies alike are chasing better schools. Freedom to choose may be the quiet engine of the next American migratio ...
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The secret to prosperity lies in freedom, not foreign aid. Stable institutions and secure property rights turn ambition into abundance. Without them, even the best intentions collapse into dependency. https://t.co/wnOJctK6Mf
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With “abundance” back in the policy lexicon, the real challenge is understanding what sustains growth: private enterprise, rule of law, and secure ownership.
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Once Europe’s industrial engine, Germany is now its weakest economy. Crushing welfare costs, aging demographics, and sky-high labor expenses have stalled growth and hollowed out competitiveness. The lesson is clear: no nation can spend its way to growth. https://t.co/g8ApYJRU3x
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Once Europe’s economic engine, Germany now faces stagnation, soaring labor costs, and a crushing welfare burden of one pensioner for every two workers.
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Capitalism is the only economy that has allowed us to undertake philanthropic giving in such depth and with a long-term perspective. The latest from AIER president @DrSamuelGregg at the @PhilanthropyRnd. https://t.co/aOhelKzVaF
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Throughout the world, the word “America” functions in many people’s minds as a synonym for “capitalism.”
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Reagan’s legacy with tariffs was not about protectionism. He compromised tactically to preserve free trade strategically. His goal was to prevent trade wars, not start them. https://t.co/YfJW0Hdpl5
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A recent kerfuffle about the use of Reagan's speech on trade highlights the difference between the fortieth and forty-fifth presidents.
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The United States is living on borrowed time and borrowed money. Today’s $29 trillion debt proves Congress cannot govern its own appetite. What's needed is a smart, flexible balanced-budget amendment, which could restore order without paralyzing government.
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Decades after Congress missed a golden opportunity, it’s time to get serious about controlling runaway federal debt.
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Electricity is the new inflation battleground. AI data centers, green mandates, and political micromanagement are colliding to drive prices higher and reliability lower. What used to be a quiet utility bill is now proof that central planning still can’t keep the lights on.
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As AI data centers, clean-energy mandates, and regulations collide, the power grid is becoming a battlefield.
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Milei’s reforms have calmed inflation and balanced the books, but investors and citizens alike still brace for reversal. Until trust replaces volatility, even the best economics won’t hold. https://t.co/pSXc0MY26K
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Milei’s reforms are a step in the right direction, but Argentina finds itself in familiar territory: economic instability, a volatile currency, and persiste ...
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Freedom in Britain once meant never having to prove who you were to your own government. Digital IDs will undo that legacy. Every transaction, journey, and medical visit could become a matter of state permission. https://t.co/B22DnLCNGN
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Britain’s political class keeps forgetting its own lessons on liberty. A new digital ID scheme risks undoing a century of trust between the public and the s ...
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Washington thought it could print prosperity. Instead, it created a monster. A new article from @thedailyeconomy unpacks how modern monetary policy turned into a dangerous experiment with lasting consequences. https://t.co/GOs6Pz1iVA
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Governments thought they could summon endless wealth from thin air. Instead, Modern Monetary Theory unleashed inflation, eroded trust, and left the Fed corn ...
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New Fellow Alert: Dr. Matthew Schaffer joins AIER’s Sound Money Project. Assistant Professor of Economics at Eastern Michigan University, his research centers on monetary policy and the financial system.
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The latest from Michael Munger: In 1960, total government spending was 30% of GDP. Today it’s 40% — and climbing. Yet critics still speak as if the state has been “slashed, starved, and hollowed out.” The real sleight of hand? Redefining “austerity” as “reducing the rate of
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Austerity never means “spending less," only growing a bit more slowly. That rhetorical dodge created a permanently expansionary state, in real, per-cap ...
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Happy 125th Birthday to our founder, Colonel Edward C. Harwood, who established the American Institute for Economic Research in 1933. His commitment to truth and economic liberty continues to guide AIER’s mission today. Read more about his legacy. https://t.co/Kqdio4PyAC
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AIER marks the 125th birthday of our founder, as we continue to honor his conviction that a disciplined, data-driven defense of markets is a key safeguard o ...
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