Senior Fellow Richard Ebeling discusses government bailouts and the concern for inflation. This interview was aired on radio station WJBC in Bloomington, Illinois.

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Research recently released by AIER was highlighted in a recent article entitled "Democrats Use Fear Mongering to Pass Pork Bill" on ShortNews.com.

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AIER's Cost-of-Living Guide was mentioned in the Wall Street Journal's "The Wallet" blog. A segment of this blog is now being featured as a nationally syndicated print column. This column has appeared in the American Statesman, the Bergen Record, Harrisburg Patriot News, Bangor Daily News, Mesa Tribune, Contra Costa Times (Contra Costa County, CA), and Tacoma News Tribune.

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KMPH-TV, which serves Fresno and the San Joaquin Valley in California, did a spot February 3, 2009 on the AIER Cost-of-Living Guide.

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An excerpt from Richard Ebeling's labor bailout op-ed was included in Forbes' regular "Other Comments" feature.

This may not come as a surprise: You are burning through cash today more quickly than ever before.

The American Institute for Economic Research released their Cost-of-Living Guide yesterday, which monitors the purchasing power of the dollar over time.

The report isn’t available online, but its authors say that the purchasing power of the dollar has decreased by more than 95% since 1913. History buffs will recall that’s the same year that Congress created the Federal Reserve System and left the gold standard in the dust. Tracking the Consumer Price Index since 1800, the Institute argues that the U.S. government has been “ineffective” when it comes to preserving the value of the dollar over time.

Although the Consumer Price Index is an admittedly imperfect way to measure changes in the cost of living, it’s still one of the best tools we have for measuring how the prices of cars, bread or health care stack up in relation to our earnings.

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AIER's research was mentioned in a Fredericksburg Free Lance Star article, "Shades of '33,":

What the American Institute for Economic Research calls "welfare-state spending" jumped by 32 percent in constant dollars between the end of the Clinton years and 2007, notes AIER. And while much of the increase was driven by the demands of unreformed entitlement programs, this isn't true of the infamously proliferating pork-barrel earmarks of the era. How now the GOP reluctance to come across?

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The American Institute for Economic Research was recently featured in an article in the Berkshire Record entitled "American Institute for Economic Research quietly makes a difference".

President and CEO of AIER, Charles Murray wrote an Op-Ed for the Fredericksburg (VA) Free Lance-Star that is still making news. The Hour, Cleveland.com, Hispanic News, The Wichita Eagle, The Columbia Tribune, Vindy.com, The South Bend Tribune, The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel have also published his commentary entitled "Social Security the Greatest Ponzi Scheme Ever."