Articles
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Permission to Earn a Living: History, Economics, and the Ethics of Occupational Licensing
Where occupational licensing exceeds genuine public safety needs, it substitutes centralized judgment and political privilege for the preferences of consumers and workers.
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Ending the Era of Energy Favoritism: How Technology-Neutral Policy Can Unlock the US Power Grid
The US energy system should shift from a hodgepodge of politically favored technologies toward a market-driven portfolio that is cleaner, more reliable, and increasingly affordable.
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The Economics of Zoning, Explained
What are zoning laws, how do they work, and what are their economic effects?
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A Brief History of Federal Transfers to the States
This explainer traces the evolving, mutually dependent relationship between the federal government and the states through four pivotal eras of fiscal transfers: the Antebellum Land Grants, the Civil War, the New Deal, and the Great Society.
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Mises and Hayek: Two Complementary Critiques of Central Planning
Economists Ludwig von Mises and Friedrich Hayek explain why the promises of central planning are fundamentally unworkable insofar as no central authority can replicate the rational calculation of market prices or the coordination of dispersed knowledge.
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Fusionism
Past, Present, and a Conservative Liberal Future? A reinvigorated conservative liberal Fusionism — emphasizing limited government, free enterprise, and a transcendent moral order — may offer the best hope at reconciling a broad array of communities and values to live peacefully together, serve as a bulwark against authoritarian tendencies, and form a powerful coalition to…
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Nuclear Power: A Free Market Approach
Nuclear energy is a source of clean, dependable power. It is the only carbon-free energy source that can reliably deliver power day and night on a large scale. But its potential will remain strangled by political constraints until we recognize that the path to a sustainable, competitive, and safe nuclear future runs straight through the…
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The Gold Standard, Explained
This explainer will outline what the gold standard was, how it operated, the benefits and criticisms surrounding it, and how its rise and eventual collapse shaped the global monetary system.
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Look West, America
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 ongoing scientific research demonstrates the importance of these principles in advancing peace, prosperity, and human progress.
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Understanding Medicaid
This explainer will outline how Medicaid functions, the program’s costs, its influence on healthcare in the United States, and how the proposed policy changes in 2025 could reshape the program.
