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Barriers to Entry and Broken Promises 1. The Origins and Rise of Certificate of Need Laws Certificate of Need (CON)…

How stablecoins are rewriting the architecture of global finance Executive Summary Dollar-pegged stablecoins, digital tokens whose value is fixed one-to-one…

The AIER Everyday Price Index (EPI) rose 0.33 percent in August 2026, reversing two consecutive monthly declines and registering its…

1. Introduction: Why Sound Money Matters Money is foundational to commerce and plays a central role in everyday life. We…

The AIER Everyday Price Index (EPI) declined 0.15 percent in July 2026, marking its second consecutive monthly decrease. The back-to-back…

Separating Monetary Reality from a Popular Myth 1. Introduction: The Appeal and Persistence of the Claim Some ideas become popular…

The AIER Everyday Price Index (EPI) fell to 312.8 in June 2026, down from 316.0 in May. The 1.02 percent…

The Board of Trustees of the  American Institute for Economic Research (AIER), one of the oldest and most respected nonpartisan economic…

The American Institute for Economic Research educates people on the value of personal freedom, free enterprise, property rights, limited government,…

Introduction The gold standard was a monetary system that defined a unit of a nation’s currency as a fixed weight…