Free Markets
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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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A Tale of Two Populisms: Deconstructing The Neo-Brandeisian and National Conservative Models of Antitrust Law and Political Economy
This paper deconstructs and critiques the neo-Brandeisian and national conservative populisms primarily from this Schumpeterian vantage point
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The Incoherence of ESG: Why We Should Disaggregate the Environmental, Social, and Governance Label
“Conceptually, no reason exists for why the fundamental ideas within the ESG label should correlate with one another.” ~Paul Mueller
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Free Market Electricity: A Primer
Free-market electricity rests on time-honored theoretical and evidential foundations. Yet the classical-liberal alternative to heavy-handed regulation has been ignored for more than a century.
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Will SCOTUS Break Big Tobacco’s Grip on Nicotine?
“The FDA’s gatekeeping of e-cigarettes through regulations has drastically reduced the number of legal e-cigarettes to choose from. The FDA so far has only approved devices owned by Big Tobacco.” ~Peter Clark
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A Free, Prosperous and Secure America
This paper holds that free trade generally enhances US national security, while economic nationalist or neo-mercantilist policies tend to undermine it. Trade liberalization does not guarantee harmony between states.
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To End Poverty, Admire the Rich
“If you care about poverty, then you should encourage positive views about high levels of wealth. A country with people who think positively about the wealthy is more likely to implement market reforms which will make it easier for people to generate wealth.” ~James Hartley
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Arguments Against Markets
“Those of us who want to keep government small and strictly limited — and, hence, who want individuals to make whatever peaceful choices they wish — are far outnumbered by individuals who distrust markets to deliver enough of the goods to enough of the people.” ~Donald J. Boudreaux
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Only Economic Freedom Pulls People Out of Poverty
“The primary focus should be on enhancing economic freedom, as it is the key mechanism that enables individuals to elevate themselves out of poverty.” ~Vincent Geloso
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Stiglitz: When Good Minds Seek Fools’ Favor
“Stiglitz believes ‘education’ should be explicitly designed to attack property rights and to weaken the sense of American exceptionalism, the tradition of classical liberalism.” ~Michael Munger
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Capitalism is a “DDoLL”
“One thousand people can be unimaginably more wealthy than eight people. Division of labor is the most important source of increasing returns to scale in the market system.” ~Michael Munger
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Not All Boycotts are Equal
“The more expensive it is to boycott, the less likely the boycott will succeed. What affects the costs of participating in a boycott? The answers to this question are simple: time, money, and quality.” ~ Ramon DeGennaro
