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Recovery from the World Financial Crisis
We are now beginning to see some signs of economic recovery, but growth in the United States and other advanced countries will be slow well into 2010. There has been a flurry of policies, proposed reforms,...
Social Security Paybacks
In a pair of Wall Street Journal articles in mid-2007, Kelly Greene described the advantages of returning the Social Security benefits a person had already received—then reapplying for higher benefits...
November 2009: Percent of Leaders Expanding Increases to 78; Cyclical Score of Leaders Increases to 54
For the first time since April 2007, our statistical indicators show that a recovery is more likely than a contraction. After increasing for four months in a row, the percentage of primary leading...
CPI Posts Scant Monthly Increase
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased at an annual rate of less than 1 percent in September over August, according to data released last week by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. But the CPI is...
No Cost-of-Living Adjustment for Social Security Recipients
There will be no cost-of-living increase in Social Security payments this January. This is a big change from last January, when Social Security payments increased 5.8 percent. That increase was much...
Progress and Property Rights Now Available
In 2005, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that, under the Fifth Amendment’s “takings clause,” a municipality may seize land from one private owner and transfer it to another solely to promote economic...
Please Join Us for an AIER Event in Boston
Please Join Us Thursday, December 10, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Westin Waltham Hotel, Waltham, MA Walker F. Todd talks about his new AIER publication Progress and Property Rights: From the Greeks to Magna...
AIER Researchers Featured Lecturers at Cleveland-Marshall College of Law Event
AIER Research Fellow Walker Todd and AIER Trustee Emeritus William Pierce will be featured lecturers at an upcoming Cleveland-Marshall College of Law event. The event will feature a discussion of the...
Fergus Hodgson's Op-Ed Published Nationally
Fergus Hodgson's op-ed about the Japanese economy has recently been published in the Fredericksburg Free Lance Star, the Sacramento Bee, and istockanalyst.com. Hodgson is a visiting scholar with AIER....
CDI Rankings Featured in the Washington Diplomat
AIER's College Destinations Index has been featured in the Washington Diplomat. The article is entitled "Destined for Greatness" and refers to Washington D.C.'s ranking as fourth in the category of major...
