SpokenLayer March 5, 2020 This is the spoken edition of the American Institute for Economic Research for March 5, 2020. A longer text version is hosted at AIER.org, along with many other articles. The Fed Can’t Save Us from Coronavirus By Scott Burns President Trump has made it clear that he would like the Fed to intervene to combat the coronavirus. “I hope the Fed gets involved, and I hope they get involved soon,” he told White House reporters last Friday.

SpokenLayer March 4, 2020 This is the spoken edition of the American Institute for Economic Research for March 4, 2020. A longer text version is hosted at AIER.org, along with many other articles. Frozen Makes It Rain on Broadway by Jeffrey Tucker You can and will take issue with me that the movie Frozen is great art but consider the following. The original Frozen story was supposed to be the Disney version of Hans Christian Andersen’s 19th-century story The Snow Queen.

SpokenLayer March 3, 2020 This is the spoken edition of the American Institute for Economic Research for March 3, 2020. A longer text version is hosted at AIER.org, along with many other articles. Anti-Gouging Laws Can Kill By Raymond Niles Much has been made in the media about the Surgeon General’s recent Twitter exhortation, “Seriously people – STOP BUYING MASKS! They are NOT effective in preventing general [sic] public from catching Coronavirus.

SpokenLayer March 2, 2020 This is the spoken edition of the American Institute for Economic Research for March 2, 2020. A longer text version is hosted at AIER.org, along with many other articles. The One Dollar Coin Is Ridiculous By J.P. Koning There are a lot of bad monetary ideas floating around. Few are as awful as the American one-dollar coin, however. Despite almost fifty years of existence, the $1 coin has perennially failed to gain currency in the US.

SpokenLayer February 28, 2020 This is the spoken edition of the American Institute for Economic Research for February 28, 2020. A longer text version is hosted at AIER.org, along with many other articles. Economic Policy Must Respond to Pandemic Disease By Jeffrey Tucker and Pete Earle The prospect of pandemic disease – certainly one with as many unknowns as COVID-19 – has a way of focusing one’s mind on what matters.

SpokenLayer February 27, 2020 This is the spoken edition of the American Institute for Economic Research for February 27, 2020. A longer text version is hosted at AIER.org, along with many other articles. The Strangest Thing about the Debate By Jeffrey Tucker It struck me about one hour into what Politico calls “the snarling incoherence of the latest Democratic presidential debate” that was “painfully hard to follow.

SpokenLayer February 26, 2020 This is the spoken edition of the American Institute for Economic Research for February 26, 2020. A longer text version is hosted at AIER.org, along with many other articles. West Side Story, Sixty Year On By Jeffrey Tucker Two warring tribes, indistinguishable in their tactics and power ambitions, who begin as rivals but intensify their mutual hatreds to the point that the feud becomes bloodsport. Everyone recognizes the tragedy but people are powerless to stop it.

SpokenLayer February 25, 2020 This is the spoken edition of the American Institute for Economic Research for February 25, 2020. A longer text version is hosted at AIER.org, along with many other articles. A Primer on Trade Donald Boudreaux I offer below a primer on the case for unilateral free trade. 1. The purpose of exporting goods and services is to import goods and services. This reality is often missed because exports are sold for – and imports are bought with – money. 1.

SpokenLayer February 24, 2020 This is the spoken edition of the American Institute for Economic Research for February 24, 2020. A longer text version is hosted at AIER.org, along with many other articles. Nuts for Marginalism By jeffrey Tucker When I was a kid, I would ask my mother if she likes this cereal, that song, or this soft drink. She would often reply in her droll way: “I wouldn’t want a steady diet of it.

SpokenLayer February 21, 2020 This is the spoken edition of the American Institute for Economic Research for February 21, 2020. A longer text version is hosted at AIER.org, along with many other articles. The Paradox of Saving Myth Pete Earle Anyone who grew up around people who lived through the Great Depression is aware of the unique “tics” that a decade of economic hardship saddled them with.