Tag: AEI

(Innovation/Technology) Satellite internet and broadband infrastructure competition: Coming (soon) to a rural area near you (AEI)

Bronwyn Howell According to the conventional wisdom of telecommunications economics, the cost per connection of providing a network service — whether fixed-line or mobile — is higher...

(Turkey) Is Turkey becoming an apartheid state? (AEI)

Michael Rubin Over the last several months, Erdogan has furthered his purge, removing democratically elected Kurdish mayors and replacing them with his own appointees, and...

(USA) REPAY Act offers pragmatic alternative to student debt cancellation (AEI)

Beth Akers Senators Angus King (I-ME) and Richard Burr (R-NC) reintroduced the highly-anticipated REPAY Act today. https://www.aei.org/education/repay-act-offers-pragmatic-alternative-to-student-debt-cancelation/

(USA) Want to work for POTUS? don’t tweet (AEI)

Matthew Continetti The Senate Armed Services Committee’s postponement of a vote on the nomination of Colin Kahl for undersecretary of Defense for policy is a reminder that...

(USA) Blinders on. Proposals to eliminate racial disparities in foster care decisions will put more children at risk (AEI)

Naomi Schaefer Riley What if we could just snap our fingers and get rid of racial disparities in the child-welfare system? Boosters of a recent...

(USA) Is the US economy headed toward an inflation crisis? (AEI)

Desmond Lachman After a lifetime studying monetary policy, Milton Friedman famously concluded that inflation was always and everywhere a monetary phenomenon. https://www.aei.org/op-eds/is-the-us-economy-headed-toward-an-inflation-crisis/

(USA) The race for global leadership is a race for global talent (AEI)

David H. McCormick, James M. Cunningham America’s ability to attract global talent is a unique competitive advantage that has historically been crucial to innovation and entrepreneurship....

(USA) Housing Finance: Insights on the New Normal (AEI)

Edward J. Pinto In recent weeks the 3 loan purpose types have responded differently to increasing loan rates. https://www.aei.org/research-products/report/housing-finance-insights-on-the-new-normal/

(USA) Unemployment benefit fraud could be the fourth largest stimulus ‘program’ (AEI)

Matt Weidinger Since the pandemic began, the federal government has legislated over $4 trillion in emergency spending, according to the nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible...

(USA) How will the American Rescue Plan impact your 2021 tax liability? (AEI)

Alex Brill, Kyle Pomerleau, Grant M. Seiter Last week, President Biden signed into law the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan (ARP). The plan provides economic relief to households through...

(USA) 11 AEI scholars discuss the deterrent value of America’s military (AEI)

This long post recounts an informal discussion among 11 AEI Foreign and Defense Policy fellows about the deterrent value of American military forces operating...

(USA) Would Biden’s tax hike really spare the middle class? Nope (AEI)

Michael R. Strain President Joe Biden is reportedly considering the first major tax increase in several decades. It won’t be clear whether higher taxes are worth paying...

(USA) Conservatives drift leftward in the ‘plan to rescue America’ (AEI)

Ryan Streeter The run-up to the passage of the American Rescue Plan (ARP) last week showcased the leftward drift of American social policy among conservatives. https://www.aei.org/articles/conservatives-drift-leftward-in-the-plan-to-rescue-america/

(Defense) Biden’s first defense budget expands mission without growing resources (AEI)

Mackenzie Eaglen Only in Washington is the absence of spending growth often considered a “cut.” Also only in Washington is negative real growth considered a...

(USA) Reviving earmarks the right way: Some advice for Congress (AEI)

Kevin R. Kosar, Zachary Courser The Democratic leadership in Congress is currently making fast moves toward reimplementing earmarks after a 10-year moratorium. https://www.aei.org/politics-and-public-opinion/reviving-earmarks-the-right-way-some-advice-for-congress/

(Russia) Stop giving Putin a free pass to Europe’s backyard (AEI)

Ivana Stradner, Anna Borshchevskaya Western powers have effectively given Vladimir Putin a free pass in Europe’s backyard: the Balkans and the Middle East. The ramifications of letting the...