Pertinent Category: Daily Economy

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Private-Sector Job Openings Fell Slightly in August but Remain Near Record Level

– October 11, 2017

The latest data on job openings suggest the labor market remains healthy and imply continued jobs growth in the coming months.

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Endangered Species: States without Income Tax

– October 10, 2017

Do taxpayers facing a new income tax have good reasons to believe that their states will have a brighter fiscal future? History suggests otherwise. Plain and simple, jobs migrate to where taxes are low, away from where taxes are high. And people follow.

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AIER’s Inflation Curriculum Is Taught in Nebraska

– October 10, 2017

A report about the lesson conducted at The Career Academy, in Lincoln, Neb., by Ms. Nicole Barrett, a participant in Teach-the-Teachers Initiative 2017 in Omaha. This lesson was observed by James L. Olsen, AIER voting member.

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Social Security Cost of Living Adjustment Likely Largest Since 2011

– October 10, 2017

With inflation ticking upward in 2017, retirees are likely to see the largest cost-of-living adjustment in their Social Security benefits since 2011.

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The Farm Bureau Is the Swamp

– October 6, 2017

This policy study explains what I have now come to expect: ballooning and outlandish costs, impenetrable and overlapping complexity, double-dip cronyism, market distortions to give you a headache, no transparency, and, perhaps worst of all, an embedded special-interest group with an entitlement mentality, accompanied by a few spineless politicos.

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Jobs Fall but Wage Gains Accelerate in September

– October 6, 2017

The headline data from the September jobs report was heavily distorted by Hurricanes Harvey and Irma but the underlying details suggest the labor market remains healthy.

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CMRE Speakers Present Vastly Different Visions for the Future of Blockchain Technology

– October 5, 2017

On October 3, the Committee for Monetary Research and Education held a dinner in New York City featuring four distinguished speakers on the topic of blockchain technology versus fiat currency.

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Auto Sales and ISM New Orders Surge in September

– October 4, 2017

September economic data are off to a strong start suggesting a positive outlook for consumer spending and the economy overall heading into the final quarter of 2017.

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Dockless Bike Shares Win with Innovation, Not Subsidies

– October 4, 2017

Dockless bike-share companies are showing that a service that was considered by many to require a subsidized monopoly need not necessarily be so.

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Canada’s Campus Censorship Makes American Universities Look Good

– October 3, 2017

St. Francis Xavier University in Nova Scotia received an F for both campus and student-union policies, and their administrators reserve “the right to cancel events if they cause considerable ’emotional harm’ to others.”

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AIER Celebrates Teaching Freedom with TFAS

– October 3, 2017

The Fund for American Studies is 50 years old and throughout its history has focused solely on engaging students in a spirited examination of the values of a free society.

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A Stealth Tax Hike in Trump’s Plan

– October 2, 2017

Trump’s plan cuts rates for most taxpayers, but one seemingly innocuous sentence actually means the cuts will decrease over time.

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