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Americans Are Fleeing Lockdowns, When They Can Afford It
For nearly a year, governments have been instructing people to stay put. Don’t leave your home unless you have…
The Economic Policy Failures of the Trump Administration
There is some bitter irony embedded in the original campaign 2016 presidential pitch to “Make America Great Again.” One looks…
A Pandemic Reading List for Left, Right, and Libertarians
Daily the news is pouring in: SARS-CoV-2 behaves like a textbook respiratory virus in its vectors of transmission and its…
In the Asian Flu of 1957-58, They Rejected Lockdowns
The Asian flu of 1957-58 was a deadly pandemic with a broader reach for severe outcomes than Covid-19 of 2020.…
Many Pathways to Policy Failure
“Economics must not be relegated to classrooms and statistical offices and must not be left to esoteric circles,” wrote Ludwig…
Catastrophe Is All Around Us
As a naturally optimistic person, it vexes me that the word catastrophe has echoed in my mind since early March…
The Best and Most-Read AIER Articles of 2020
This year, the American Institute for Economic Research published 1,380 articles with 10.5 million readers from all countries in the…
Five Times this Year the New York Times Accidentally Told the Truth
The paper of record in 2020 shifted dramatically to the most illiberal stance possible on the virus, pushing for full…
