Peter C. Earle
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Financial
Escape Velocity: Why America’s 1963 Poverty Math Is Broken
In a recent analysis gone viral, financial blogger Michael W. Green traced how modern American families can earn anywhere from…
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Business Conditions Monthly September 2025: Data Blackout
The longest federal shutdown in US history has created deep gaps in the flow of economic data, preventing calculation of…
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AIER’s Thanksgiving Index Near All-Time High: Costs Rise Again As Inflation Persists
The 2025 Thanksgiving season arrives with an unwelcome development: after last year’s brief and much-needed period of easing in several…
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Meet the Texas Stock Exchange: Wall St Finally Gets Competition
For more than a century, America’s stock listings have been dominated by two addresses: Wall Street’s New York Stock Exchange…
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Washington’s Wall Street Algorithm: How the SEC Designed the Modern Market
American capital markets — stock exchanges, bond markets, over-the-counter markets for securities and derivatives of all types — are often…
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Electricity Prices are the New Inflation Flashpoint
Electricity prices have moved from the background of daily life to the front lines of politics. What was once a…
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AIER’s Everyday Price Index Inches Up Again in Sept 2025
The AIER Everyday Price Index (EPI) rose 0.29 percent to 297.6 in September 2025, marking its tenth consecutive monthly increase…
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Imagine That Growth: Lessons from a Tariff-Free Timeline
Imagine a parallel universe where, with the stroke of a pen, President Trump declares an end to the ill-conceived trade…
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Business Conditions Monthly August 2025
Owing to the ongoing federal government shutdown, a number of key US economic data releases are currently unavailable. The Federal…
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Repo Market’s Warning Light is Flickering
After several years of calm, stress is again building in the hidden plumbing of the US financial system — the…
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