Program areas at AIER
Research reports and bulletins preparation and distribution of periodic Economic reports and occasional booklets focused on selected topics in the areas of fiscal and monetary economics, including personal Economic issues. These are distributed to members and the general public. During 2020, approximately 725,866 individuals, institutions and publishers received the reports and more than 10,537,130 readers visited aier's website.
Academic programs during 2020, aier provided educational opportunities for over 9,500 participants/attendees. Through our teach the teachers program, 271 educators successfully completed courses dealing with practical Economic topics which they can use for their estimated 32,520 students. The bastiat society at aier organizes and hosts education events for the general business community in 47 cities around the world. During the year, this program held 197 events attracting over 6,800 people. In addition, aier welcomed 400 students, scholars, and members of the public to its campus to attend various colloquia, workshops, and forums. Aier also hosted 17 visiting researchers and 9 interns. Aier's sound money project conducts Research and promotes awareness about monetary stability and financial privacy. The project is comprised of leading academics and practitioners in money, banking and macroeconomics. It offers regular commentary and in-depth analysis on monetary policy, alternative monetary systems, financial markets regulations, cryptocurrencies, and the history of monetary and macroeconomic thought. Members of the project have contributed one hundred ten articles to aier.org during 2020.