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The rate of consumer price inflation edged upward at the end of 2009, following a rare episode of price deflation in the first half of the year. Overall, the annual average Consumer Price Index (CPI),...
The National Debt: No Limit?
On Christmas Eve the Senate voted along party lines to raise the limit on the national debt by $290 billion. That sounds like a lot of money. But it’s only a momentary stopgap, postponing the next debt...
Teen Jobs and Minimum Wages
The NAACP and other black organizations have urged President Obama to focus on the special problems of black workers during this long recession. The president said no, on the grounds that the soaring unemployment...
The End of Swiss Bank Secrecy
Swiss bank accounts held by Americans are likely to become as transparent as your telephone records. The year 2009 has seen the voluntary reporting of nearly 15,000 formerly undeclared offshore accounts...
The Gold Market: A Primer
Gold is one of the few investments that have done well in the past decade. While stocks, real estate, and many commodities have experienced volatile booms and busts, the gold price has increased by more...
AIER Launches 2010 Meet and Greet Series
You are invited to an American Institute for Economic Research Meet and Greet. Members who bring friends or family receive a complimentary drink ticket! Please Join Us Talk with AIER experts and...
AIER Research Staff Is Growing
Kenneth D'Amica, who has been working part-time for AIER since 2008, has joined the Institute as a full-time research fellow. D'Amica received his B.S. in economics and english with a minor in mathematics...
Progress and Property Rights Book Included in InsiderOnline
AIER's newest publication Progress and Property Rights: From the Greeks to Magna Carta to the Constitution has been included in The Heritage Foundation's publication InsiderOnline. Click here to read...
AIER's College Destinations Index Still Making News
The College Destinations Index (CDI), published by the American Institute for Economic Research in August 2009, is still making news. The Austin Monthly, the lifestyle magazine for the city of Austin,...
VRF Craig Richardson's Op-Ed Published Nationally
An article about markets and medical records, authored by Craig Richardson, a visiting research fellow with AIER in 2008 and 2009, has been published nationally. Publications include Albany Times-Union...
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