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Mississippi’s Literacy Miracle: How Holding Students Back Moved a Whole State Forward
The Daily EconomyDespite its persistent poverty, Mississippi dramatically improved literacy outcomes — offering a case study in high-impact, low-cost reform. -
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Fusionism
AIER PapersPast, Present, and a Conservative Liberal Future?A reinvigorated conservative liberal Fusionism — emphasizing limited government, free enterprise, and a transcendent moral order — may offer the best hope at reconciling a broad array of communities and values to live peacefully together, serve as a bulwark against authoritarian tendencies, and form a powerful coalition to counter the radical collectivist bent in academia and on the political left more broadly.
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Economic Freedom vs. the Warmth of Collectivism
The Economist Next DoorIn this episode of The Economist Next Door, host Paul Mueller is joined by AIER economists Dave Hebert and Julia Cartwright to introduce the Defending Freedom, Combating Collectivism team. They […]
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The Daily EconomyArchaeology is now revealing the grit and hustle of the Roman middle class, reminding us that civilizations depend not on elites, but on the conditions that allow ordinary people to thrive. -
The Daily EconomyNumerical targets predictably distort enforcement priorities, ignoring local knowledge, undermining both public safety and economic stability.
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The Daily EconomyThe dollar’s lost half its value and the price of gold exploded since our author first warned that politicians are ruining our purchasing power.
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The Daily EconomyAmericans prefer to live where they can keep what they earn and be left alone — even if the freebies are better elsewhere.
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The Daily EconomyEven free market purists don’t think the invisible hand is the only one we can extend to the poorest among us.
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The Daily EconomyAccurately predicting disaster is actually quite useful, and prediction markets reward people for operationalizing information others don’t yet have.
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There has never been conformity or unanimity among conservatives. Conservatism contains many different factions and varieties of thought. The Philadelphia Society has always been dedicated to fostering conversation. This volume is published in that spirit.
