American Institute for Economic Research

Established in 1933, the American Institute for Economic Research (AIER) stands as one of the longest-standing and highly regarded nonpartisan organizations focused on economic research and advocacy in the United States. AIER has a worldwide influence and is committed to fostering the concepts of true freedom and private governance. The organization achieves this by merging cutting-edge economic research with easy-to-understand media outreach and educational initiatives, all aimed at enhancing the understanding of the core principles that support peace and prosperity globally.

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Business Conditions Monthly September 2024

2 months ago | aier.org | Peter C. Earle

In September 2024, the AIER Business Conditions Leading Indicator remained at its expansionary August level of 71. The Roughly Coincident Indicator fell back to 58 (its July value) after a brief August spike to 92. The Lagging Indicator remained in the contractionary territory it has languished in since November 2023, edging up slightly from 25 to 33. Across the twelve Leading Indicator constituents, three declined, eight rose, and one was unchanged in September 2024.
AIER’s Everyday Price Index Declines for Third Straight Month in October 2024

2 months ago | aier.org | Peter C. Earle

The American Institute for Economic Research Everyday Price Index (EPI) declined 0.20 percent to 289.0 in October 2024. This is the fourth monthly decline in our index since January 2024, the third consecutive decline, and the fourth time this year that our core CPI proxy and the EPI have diverged on a monthly basis. AIER Everyday Price Index vs. US Consumer Price Index (NSA, 1987 = 100)Among the twenty-four EPI constituents eleven rose, one was unchanged, and twelve declined in October 2024.
AIER’s Everyday Price Index Gains Marginally in December 2024

Jan 22, 2025 | aier.org | Peter C. Earle

The price of energy, entertainment, and rent continued to rise. Food prices were down slightly following November’s increase. Signs point to stabilization.
Everyday Price Index

Jan 15, 2025 | aier.org | Peter C. Earle

“April’s core CPI data represents the lowest of 2024 and may signal the resumption of disinflation, particularly where shelter costs are concerned. Despite some favorable signs, though, there remains a persistent inflationary pressure in certain categories.” ~Peter C. Earle
Financialization and Missed Boats

Nov 25, 2024 | aier.org | David Bahnsen

Table of ContentsExecutive SummaryKey PointsIntroductionIn defense of profitsThe usual bogeymenPrivate EquityHedge FundsHigh-Frequency TradingBanksMergers & AcquisitionsDividendsStock buybacksPassive ownership/indexingConclusionDespite its ubiquitous use in modern America, the term ‘financialization’ is deeply misunderstood. Evidence shows the concept’s meaning often changes in different contexts.
Economic Freedom

Oct 7, 2024 | aier.org | Vanessa Calder |James W. Hartley |Gary M. Galles |William Luther

A free and prosperous society requires a functioning market economy at its foundation. Using a broad array of tools drawn from price theory, public choice analysis, Austrian theory, and classical empiricism, our study of economics and economic freedom explores the underpinnings of the market system, the roots of economic prosperity, and emerging threats to the same in the public policy sphere.
Trump’s Subsidized IVF Spells Disaster

Oct 7, 2024 | aier.org | Vanessa Calder

During the most recent debate with Vice President Harris, former President Trump declared that he has “been a leader on IVF… everybody else knows it.” Trump, of course, was referring to his recent campaign promise that the government pay for or that insurance be mandated to pay for all IVF treatment costs. Whether Trump’s proposal would make him a leader is a point of debate, given Democrats and introduced a bill mandating insurance coverage of IVF earlier this summer.
Two Societies: ‘May I Take Your Order?’ or ‘That’s an Order!’

Oct 6, 2024 | aier.org | Art Carden

In Leave Me Alone and I’ll Make You Rich: How the Bourgeois Deal Enriched the World, Deirdre McCloskey and I distinguish the Bourgeois Deal — ”leave me alone, and I’ll make you rich” — from the Blue Blood Deal of aristocratic oligarchy and the Bureaucratic Deal of the modern welfare state. The Bourgeois Deal is the ethos of Adam Smith’s Commercial Society, and the permission-requiring and command-giving Blue Blood and Aristocratic Deals are the ethos of the Political Society.
The Religious Idiocy of ‘Limitarianism’

Oct 4, 2024 | aier.org | James Hartley

“In one sense, at any rate, it is more valuable to read bad literature than good literature. Good literature may tell us the mind of one man; but bad literature may tell us the mind of many men….The more dishonest a book is as a book the more honest it is as a public document.” ~G.K. Chesterton, Heretics Limitarianism: The Case Against Extreme Wealth by Ingrid Robeyns is a very bad book. Writing a review of it thus presents a challenge.
Mexico’s Slow-Motion Disaster

Oct 4, 2024 | aier.org | Andrew Byers |G. Patrick Lynch

Here in the US we don’t normally have much interest in the domestic politics of our neighbors Mexico and Canada. Mexico, for example, is part of our presidential election only insofar as immigration is a top issue.