Tag: AEI

(Brazil) The Brazilian economic canary in the coal mine (AEI)

Desmond Lachman Troubles come to the Brazilian economy not as single spies but in battalions. Especially at a time of rising U.S. interest rates, this hardly...

(USA) The precarious state of war powers (AEI)

Kevin R. Kosar, Elayne Allen It has been long established by analysts across the political spectrum that Congress has ceded vast constitutional authority to the presidency. https://www.aei.org/op-eds/the-precarious-state-of-war-powers/

(USA) Biden doesn’t need to restrain his war powers (AEI)

John Yoo, Robert Delahunty President Biden’s airstrike against a pro-Iran militia base in Syria on February 26 may do little to change the balance of power in the...

(USA) Welfare reform cut child poverty in half. What will President Biden’s American Rescue Plan do? (AEI)

Angela Rachidi The federal government will soon start sending monthly checks totaling up to $300 per child to middle- and low-income families. https://www.aei.org/poverty-studies/welfare-reform-cut-child-poverty-in-half-what-will-president-bidens-american-rescue-plan-do/

(USA) Washington passes another mega-stimulus, but do we really understand the risks? (AEI)

James Pethokoukis Well, we’re off to the races. President Biden on Thursday signed the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief and stimulus bill. https://www.aei.org/economics/washington-passes-another-mega-stimulus-but-do-we-really-understand-the-risks/

(USA) The wrong way to address the nonprofit crisis (AEI)

Howard Husock More than a third of US nonprofit organizations are running desperately short of funds as the pandemic rages, which is both concerning and unsurprising. https://www.aei.org/society-and-culture/the-wrong-way-to-address-the-nonprofit-crisis/  

(USA) 3 holes in the antitrust cases against Facebook (AEI)

Mark Jamison Wednesday was a tough day for 46 state attorneys general and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), who had filed antitrust lawsuits against Facebook in December 2020. https://www.aei.org/technology-and-innovation/3-holes-in-the-antitrust-cases-against-facebook/

(USA) What economics lessons will America learn from the Biden boomlet? (AEI)

James Pethokoukis When President Biden signs the nearly $2 trillion COVID-19 relief bill, he’ll be signing a pretty popular piece of legislation https://www.aei.org/economics/what-economics-lessons-will-america-learn-from-the-biden-boomlet/

(USA) Biden’s open borders immigration policy — why? (AEI)

Michael Barone “BIDEN,” read the young demonstrators’ T-shirts, imitating the new president’s campaign logo. “PLEASE LET US IN!” The picture ran in the New York Times, but...

(Cyprus) Why is Cyprus still divided? (AEI)

Michael Rubin America, the European Union, and moderate Arab allies should sanction Turkey until it gives up its occupation. https://www.aei.org/op-eds/why-is-cyprus-still-divided/

(USA) Is it safe to reopen schools? An extensive review of the research (AEI)

John P. Bailey By the end of March 2020, all public schools in the United States were closed to slow the spread of the novel...

(USA) Bill Gates and Warren Buffet should thank American taxpayers for their profitable farmland investments (AEI)

Vincent H. Smith, Eric J. Belasco Bill Gates is now the largest owner of farmland in the U.S. having made substantial investments in at least 19 states throughout the...

(USA) Biden risks the future to juice the present (AEI)

James Pethokoukis America is about to run a pretty wild experiment. And hardly a riskless one. After the nearly $2 trillion American Rescue Plan is passed and...

(USA) How stimulus could backfire against low-wage workers (AEI)

Michael R. Strain Don't trust assurances that the Fed won't panic over bursts of inflation and cut short the recovery before it starts to help...

(China/Uyghurs) Review: ‘The War on the Uyghurs’ (AEI)

Bill Drexel Sean Roberts’ The War on the Uyghurs provides a timely and thorough background for the world’s most pressing atrocity. https://www.aei.org/op-eds/the-war-on-the-uyghurs/

(USA) What is Biden’s ‘foreign policy for the middle class’? (AEI)

Hal Brands Every president needs a grand strategy — a set of principles and priorities that guides a country’s statecraft in a chaotic world. https://www.aei.org/op-eds/what-is-bidens-foreign-policy-for-the-middle-class/