Peter C. Earle
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Financial
Trump’s Trade of Munitions for Mining Rights Would Hasten Bretton Woods III
US President Donald Trump has proposed supplying Ukraine with ongoing military aid in exchange for access to its abundant reserves…
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AIER’s Everyday Price Index Spikes Sharply in January 2025
AIER’s Everyday Price Index (EPI) leapt up in the first month of 2025, ending a string of declines which began…
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AIER’s Everyday Price Index Spikes Sharply in January 2025
AIER’s Everyday Price Index (EPI) leapt up in the first month of 2025, ending a string of declines which began…
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Gold Surpasses $2900 Per Ounce
Gold has surged to a new all-time high, breaking through $2,911.72 per ounce on a thick mix of domestic and…
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Scrapped Ventilators and Sovereign Wealth: Why Central Planners Shouldn’t Invest
President Trump’s executive order directing the formation of an American sovereign wealth fund (SWF) was greeted, like so much else,…
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The Fed’s Inflation Fumble Spiked Your Super Bowl Costs
With the biggest sporting event of the year approaching, so too does an opportune time to review the prices associated…
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What Decades of Easy Money Mean for Japan’s Fiscal Future
Over the past three decades, Japan’s monetary policy has been characterized by near-zero interest rates and significant quantitative easing (QE),…
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Eggs: Incredible, Edible, and Increasingly Inaccessible
Chickens are a remarkably adaptable species, thriving in diverse climates and easily fitting into both small-scale and industrial farming systems.…
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Business Conditions Monthly November 2024
In November 2024, all three AIER Business Conditions Monthly indicators signaled a parallel shift in economic conditions. The Leading Indicator…
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Is it Finally Time to Privatize the United States Postal Service?
As with all political campaigns that reignite discussions on reducing government spending and eliminating bureaucratic inefficiency, the US Postal Service…
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