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[American Institute for Economic Research @aier]

We are pleased to announce that AIER's Board of Trustees has appointed @DrSamuelGregg as its new President.

[American Institute for Economic Research @aier]

In the most recent episode of The Economist Next Door, @DrJeffDegner unpacks one of the reasons for the rising cost of a college education.

[Dave Hebert @Dave_Hebert]

People should have a better understanding of statistics. By that, I don't mean "you should go take a stats course." I mean, "people should understand what certain statistics actually mean."

The Import Price Index is one such statistic and my latest @aier Explainer provides exactly this:

https://t.co/4PjCez8iLl

[American Institute for Economic Research @aier]

Understanding the Import Price Index and What It Says: https://t.co/ZYg02vfGAd

[American Institute for Economic Research @aier]

The Import Price Index, with its ability to summarize the changes in the price of imported goods, is one of the most important tools of economic analysis available. Learn more about it in this new AIER explainer by @Dave_Hebert. 👇

[Mike ter Maat @miketermaat_]

Grab your copy of BROKEN: How American Politics Is Driving Civil Unrest, Financial Collapse & War and read @peter_c_earle's essay: "What A US Debt Default Would Look Like"

[American Institute for Economic Research @aier]

We're publishing a new AIER Explainer tomorrow to help explain one of the most important – and most overlooked – tools of economic analysis.

[Samuel Gregg @DrSamuelGregg]

From Washington to Westminster, the progressive left and the nationalist right want government to use industrial policy to drive economic outcomes. In this @CapX #podcast hosted by @marcsidwell, I argue that this is a very bad idea indeed.⬇️
https://t.co/7QMehANL8b

[American Institute for Economic Research @aier]

Listen to the full episode here: https://t.co/3E2E7NmOLq

[American Institute for Economic Research @aier]

Should you encourage your kids to take on debt for college? @DrPaulMueller poses this practical question to @DrJeffDegner and @Dave_Hebert in the newest episode of The Economist Next Door.

[Samuel Gregg @DrSamuelGregg]

Wherein I take to the pages of @amspectator to underscore the importance of the American Founding #America250 for the West as a whole. 🧵1/2 (article link in 🧵2/2)

[Jason Sorens @JasonSorens]

In my latest for @thedailyeconomy from @aier , I propose specific reforms that FEMA can make to the NFIP to stop incentivizing overregulation. https://t.co/xJozpK8fCa

[DonorsTrust @DonorsTrust]

@DrSamuelGregg was recently installed as President of the American Institute for Economic Research @aier. He has a bold vision for how AIER can renew classical liberal and free-market ideas. Listen to Giving Ventures to learn more: https://t.co/Dwk4CMIuaf

[DonorsTrust @DonorsTrust]

How did conservatives become so divided? @DrSamuelGregg from @aier recounts the history of the movement and plots a course for the future that marries liberty and virtue. Watch the full episode for more: https://t.co/z1jDscyVYG

[American Institute for Economic Research @aier]

In 1776, the Declaration of Independence laid out a bold vision for political liberty and natural rights. That very same year, Adam Smith’s The Wealth of Nations championed the power of individual initiative in driving economic progress.

How do these two ideas intersect today?

AIER invites full-time North American undergraduate students to explore this profound relationship in the 2026 Douglas B. Rogers Essay Competition.

This Year’s Prompt: To what extent are Adam Smith’s ideas of liberty and individual initiative – rooted in choice, voluntary exchange, and limited government – consistent with and essential to the ideals of liberty, equality, and the pursuit of happiness in the Declaration of Independence?

📆 Submission Deadline: September 15, 2026

All work must be original, have a maximum of 4,000 words, and contain proper citations.

Honoring the legacy of Douglas B. Rogers, PhD, this competition is your chance to research and opine on matters of critical relevance to our future governance.

👉 Read the full guidelines and submit your essay here: https://t.co/2ZJB3KUErN

[Samuel Gregg @DrSamuelGregg]

Excellent @aier @thedailyeconomy article by @AA_Millsap ⬇️

[American Institute for Economic Research @aier]

"[P]art of the job of economists is to tell us what we may not want to hear."

[Samuel Gregg @DrSamuelGregg]

With all due respect, @USTradeRep, since Adam Smith’s time, good theory has helped us understand what happens to the real economy when it is impacted by the type of mercantilist policies that the #Trump administration is pursuing: massive opportunity costs, severe misallocation of #capital, #cronyism on stilts, and declining competitiveness. The costs of all this are borne by consumers - ie 335 million Americans.🇺🇸

If you want to do something concrete about #affordability for #businesses and #consumers, may I suggest that you

1) reverse the present trajectory of US #tradepolicy and stop penalizing Americans from trading with whom they want, and cease the kowtowing to lobbyists seeking privileges for special interests as well as trade lawyers whose very existence (and incomes) depends upon a complicated and difficult-to-navigate tariff schedule.

2) discontinue the use of #industrialpolicy that is just as susceptible to cronyism and pours taxpayer dollars into sectors where there is little to no demand but where there are plenty of rent seekers anxious to persuade everyone that their particular line of business is somehow a vital national security concern.

As for your call for richer empirical tools in @IMFNews, the tools we have for studying trade are quite good, and, thanks to them, we have a very solid grasp of how free trade progressively enriches the United States and discourages Americans and American businesses from becoming uncompetitive and thinking that the world somehow owes us a living.

Certainly, good economic theory, sound empirical inquiry, and the tools with which they furnish us, are always in a state of development. They should be open to critique because that is one way we grow in our understanding of how the real economy works.

But we don’t change the tools because they give us results that some may not like. Indeed, part of the job of economists is to tell us what we may not want to hear: that trade offs are real; that interfering with the price system blinds us to the realities of supply and demand; that undermining property rights damages the general welfare; that #tariffs undermine our competitiveness, etc.

Ignoring these truths serves neither sound inquiry nor the formulation of good policy. And in no world is that good for the #UnitedStates 🇺🇸

[Claire Kittle Dixon @TalentMarket]

.@aier is hiring a virtual Senior Manager of Development to advance AIER’s fundraising efforts through donor cultivation, solicitation, stewardship, and institutional giving activities. Ideal candidates have 5+ years of relevant experience.
https://t.co/DSFodPhbCs #LibertyJob

[American Institute for Economic Research @aier]

"We need organizations that are unambiguous and clear about their commitment to [classical liberalism and free markets] at a time when a lot of organizations have stopped being clear about that."

@DrSamuelGregg with @DonorsTrust on the the Giving Ventures podcast.

[Samuel Gregg @DrSamuelGregg]

#Industrialpolicy reflects the same mercantilist mindset that Adam Smith demolished in the #WealthofNations250. That’s what I told @CapX’s editor @marcsidwell on the latest CapX #podcast. ⬇️🧵1/2

[Julia R. Cartwright (Norgaard) @Econ_Goggles]

Recording today for @aier 's The Economist Next Door
@thomas_savidge @DrPaulMueller @RichardMorrison