Articles
Trump’s Dilemma: Can He Be Anti-Iran and Anti-War?
It has been roughly a week since Israel launched its first air, drone, and special operations attacks on the Islamic Republic of Iran. Israel’s offensive, launched with the initially stated […]
Why Is Housing So Partisan in the Northeast?
In a recent blog post, Matt Yglesias chides northeastern Republicans for opposing pro-housing deregulation in state legislatures: Republicans have led several major pushes for housing reform in red states. These efforts […]
Three Goals for Trump’s Trade Negotiations
The Trump administration has increased tariff rates on dozens of countries in part to kickstart trade policy negotiations. These tariffs include 10-percent tariffs on dozens of countries, tariffs of over […]
Business Conditions Monthly April 2025
AIER’s Business Conditions Monthly indicators suggest that the US economy remained under pressure in April, with the Leading Indicator slipping further into contractionary territory. After March’s sharp 12-point drop, the […]
What is Central Bank Independence?
The explainer defines central bank independence, describes its theoretical desirability, and reviews classic and contemporary studies on how central bank independence affects key macroeconomic variables.
Juneteenth Could Be a Casualty of DEI — and That’s a Tragedy
The celebration of black emancipation deserved better advocates than the ones it got. One comment I get very often when I speak to people involved in conversations around DEI is, […]
Fed Holds Rates Steady Amid Economic Uncertainty
Yesterday, the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy committee kept the target range for its policy interest rate at 4.25 to 4.5 percent, unchanged since December 2024. The decision came as no […]
Can Bureaucracy Love Science? ‘Bethesda Declaration’ Reveals NIH’s Culture Crisis
On June 9, about 300 employees of the National Institutes of Health, representing all 27 NIH institutes, issued a letter they called the “Bethesda Declaration,” calling on NIH director Jay […]
Canada’s Digital Services Tax is Unfair to the US — Congress Noticed
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), intended to lower the tax burden for Americans and thus to stimulate growth, contains one provision that has caused much alarm in Canada […]
Sunnova Bankruptcy Signals Tough Times for Solar
One of the largest residential solar installers, Sunnova, went belly up on June 8. The company had over $10 billion in debt and a market cap of over a billion […]
