Economy AIER’s Everyday Price Index Edges Up 0.33 Percent as Inflation Shifts to Services by February 13, 2026 by February 13, 2026 In January 2026 the AIER Everyday Price Index (EPI) rose 0.33 percent to 298.0, starting the year with its largest… 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Economy Sports Betting and the Zero-Sum Trap: How Gambling Drains Wallets by February 13, 2026 by February 13, 2026 Sports betting has become an epidemic, especially among young men. The Guardian recently aggregated some alarming statistics about its prevalence.… 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Economy Sweet Supply and Bitter Scarcity: Why Your Valentine’s Chocolates Cost More This Year by February 13, 2026 by February 13, 2026 “Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get.” The line from Forrest Gump is… 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Economy Proxy Advisors Pay the Price for Their ESG Crusade by February 12, 2026 by February 12, 2026 The new year brought new developments in the world of financial services: specifically, the role of artificial intelligence (AI). In… 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Economy What Zimbabwe Can Learn From Chile: A Tale of Two Data Series by February 12, 2026 by February 12, 2026 In 1988, when Robert Lawson was a first-year economics graduate student at Florida State University, he was surprised one day… 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Economy What Makes a Good Federal Reserve Chair? It Depends on Independence by February 11, 2026 by February 11, 2026 The nomination of Kevin Warsh to replace Jerome Powell as Federal Reserve Chair has many people wondering: What makes a… 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Economy To Save Social Security, Stop Subsidizing Wealthy Retirees by February 11, 2026 by February 11, 2026 Social Security is drifting toward a cliff, and Congress keeps pretending the shortfall will fix itself. It won’t. Absent reform,… 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Economy Mississippi’s Literacy Miracle: How Holding Students Back Moved a Whole State Forward by February 10, 2026 by February 10, 2026 A year or so ago, I met my friend’s mother for the first time at a wedding. She told me… 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Economy How Rome’s Middle Class Lived — and What Happened When It Fell by February 10, 2026 by February 10, 2026 For most of us, especially those of us who think about it a lot, the Roman Empire conjures up famous… 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Economy Immigration Arrest Quotas Undermine ICE’s Mission by February 9, 2026 by February 9, 2026 One of the most robust findings in economics is that, with few exceptions, people respond to incentives, rather than intentions… 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
