SpokenLayer September 3, 2019 This is the spoken edition of the American Institute for Economic Research for September 3, 2019. A longer text version is hosted at AIER.org, along with many other articles. Protectionism and Political Violence By Jeffrey Tucker There are features of the Trump trade war that make it distinct. It is not usual for protectionism to be mostly focussed on harming a single country or multiple particular countries. The historical pattern is to tax imports from any country.

SpokenLayer September 2, 2019 This is the spoken edition of the American Institute for Economic Research for September 2, 2019. A longer text version is hosted at AIER.org, along with many other articles. Payroll Tax Cut Won't Stimulate the Economy By Veronique de Rugy When you think that you’ve heard it all, you probably have not. Take the latest talk by Trump officials about using a payroll tax cut to stimulate the economy.

SpokenLayer August 30, 2019 This is the spoken edition of the American Institute for Economic Research for August 30, 2019. A longer text version is hosted at AIER.org, along with many other articles. How Do You Get to Carnegie Hall? By Art Carden The phone rang. It was someone from TV news channel CGTN asking me to be on their show The Link the next day to talk about the new Costco in Shanghai. I agreed, they booked me a spot at a studio downtown, and we confirmed everything via email.

SpokenLayer August 29, 2019 This is the spoken edition of the American Institute for Economic Research for August 29, 2019. A longer text version is hosted at AIER.org, along with many other articles. More Force Won’t Fix the American Diet By Jeffrey Tucker Two nutritionists (Dariush Mozaffarian and Dan Glickman) have sounded the alarm about the American diet, saying bluntly what most of us know intuitively to be true: “Americans are sick — much sicker than many realize.

SpokenLayer August 28, 2019 This is the spoken edition of the American Institute for Economic Research for August 28, 2019. A longer text version is hosted at AIER.org, along with many other articles. Hot-Car Deaths Are Heartbreaking, but Shouldn’t Be an Excuse for More Regulation By Chloe Anagnos Congress is analyzing two proposed pieces of legislation drafted to help prevent car-related child deaths from heatstroke.

SpokenLayer August 27, 2019 This is the spoken edition of the American Institute for Economic Research for August 27, 2019. A longer text version is hosted at AIER.org, along with many other articles. The Film that Capitalism Needs Right Now By Jeffrey Tucker If you subscribe to Netflix and care about the future of human liberty, I urge you right now to search and find the documentary called The Pursuit, newly on the lineup of this subscription service.

SpokenLayer August 26, 2019 This is the spoken edition of the American Institute for Economic Research for August 26, 2019. A longer text version is hosted at AIER.org, along with many other articles. Risk, Uncertainty, and the Prospects for Recession By Robert Wright Smart market watchers, like the AIER and freelance journalist Simon Constable, continuously scan leading economic indicators for signs of weakness on the horizon.

SpokenLayer August 23, 2019 This is the spoken edition of the American Institute for Economic Research for August 23, 2019. A longer text version is hosted at AIER.org, along with many other articles. Tariffs Accelerate Trucking and Shipping Slide By Pete Earle Trucking and transportation firms more broadly are both seasonal and cyclical businesses, and some of the earliest signs of damage from the current administration’s trade war with China are beginning to reveal themselves.

SpokenLayer August 22, 2019 This is the spoken edition of the American Institute for Economic Research for August 22, 2019. A longer text version is hosted at AIER.org, along with many other articles.

SpokenLayer August 21, 2019 This is the spoken edition of the American Institute for Economic Research for August 21, 2019. A longer text version is hosted at AIER.org, along with many other articles. How Capitalist-Abolitionists Fought Slavery By Phil Magness Running afoul of slave-owning political interests almost destroyed brothers Lewis and Arthur Tappan, the wealthy owners of a prominent New York mercantile import business.