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These Drinking-Age Crackdowns are Not Helping
Jeffrey A. Tucker
Wednesday, April 25th, 2018

The choice between virtue and vice is a human choice. Relying on the government to make this choice for us disables the social order’s internal mechanisms for bringing about and rewarding responsible behavior. It seems like a paradox, but it is true: The only path toward restoring sanity in teenage drinking is greater liberty. Arresting kids and bartenders on the typical Friday evening does nothing to solve the problem and even makes matters worse.

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Inflation Was Low in 2017, But Concerns Remain
Max Gulker, PhD, Senior Research Fellow
Tuesday, April 24th, 2018
Inflation Remains Low
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April Business Conditions Monthly
Robert Hughes, Senior Research Fellow
Thursday, April 12th, 2018
AIER’s Business Cycle Conditions Leading Indicators index reached a perfect 100 reading in March after coming in at 92 in February.
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Drop in Energy Prices Offsets a Jump in Apparel Prices in March
Robert Hughes, Senior Research Fellow
Wednesday, April 11th, 2018
AIER’s Everyday Price Index fell 0.1 percent in March following a 0.4 percent rise in February.
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