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June 30, 2023
Democrats Call Biden’s Economy “Savage” in Attempt to Revive Child Tax Credit
…recent Senate Finance Committee hearing, Sen. Michael Bennet (D-CO) thundered that parents are currently “scraping by … in this savage economy,” burdened with “some of the lowest economic mobility” and “almost the…
June 30, 2023
The U.S. Could Learn a Lot from This School in the U.K.
Last month, I took advantage of a trip to the U.K. to spend a day observing at London’s legendary Michaela School, which serves about 800 students ages eleven to 18, a…
June 16, 2023
Marriage Is Still the Best Way to Bond a Father to His Children
…Many of our boys had strained or nonexistent relationships with their unmarried, nonresident fathers, and as Richard advises in his book, we did our best to hire male teachers, especially…
June 15, 2023
Instead of ‘Late Capitalism,’ Maybe the US Economy Is Still in ‘Early Capitalism’
…LC, at least as it applies to the American economy. This is a big one: According to calculations by AEI economist Michael Strain, real median wages grew by 34 percent from 1990…
June 14, 2023
Why Behavioral Requirements Are Vital to Welfare Programs
…restriction successfully. The aversion to changing behaviors extends to government campaigns that seek to influence family planning. Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s efforts to discourage teenage pregnancy were…
May 31, 2023
Sending the Wrong Signals
…to be the standard, immigrant households across the city would qualify, too—and fewer vouchers would be available for those truly in danger of harm. Former mayor Michael Bloomberg’s administration, to…
May 23, 2023
An Unexpected Role for AI in the Workplace
WHEN MICHAEL POLANYI, the underappreciated twentieth-century physicist, philosopher, and economist, is remembered nowadays, it is most often for having observed that much of human knowledge, in both practical and abstract matters, is…
April 20, 2023
Religion’s Refusal to Die
…James Madison’s understanding of religion’s place, or lack thereof, in a political community. AEI’s Benjamin Storey and St. John’s College’s Michael Grenke considered the religious element of human nature through…
April 18, 2023
Introduction to The Social Breakdown
…Richard John Neuhaus, Robert Nisbet, Michael Novak, William Schambra, and Robert Woodson, the project produced the landmark brief To Empower People: From State to Civil Society, which highlighted the importance of…
March 15, 2023
Can Businesses Boost Upward Mobility?
…wage growth and professional growth and how they correspond in the US labor market. AEI’s Michael Strain spoke last and shared an optimistic view of wage growth and upward mobility…