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August 8, 2023
Bad Hoosiers
…and uncertain congregations. His generous “donations” encouraged the pastors to conflate Christian doctrine with Klan social views. From the pulpit, pastors encouraged congregants to join up. Ennui exacerbated this social…
May 3, 2023
The Mainline Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Social Capitalism
Download the Dataset When Alexis de Tocqueville penned his seminal Democracy in America lauding the strength of American communities, institutions, and associations, he noted the unique status of religion. Religion,…
March 2, 2023
The Lost World of Ecumenical Republicanism
…consensus for shifting from welfare to income. Milton and Rose Friedman’s 1962 proposal for a negative income tax had at least the potential to appeal to the libertarian right as an alternative…
February 23, 2023
Distance to 100: An Alternative to Racial Achievement Gaps
Policymakers and practitioners can do only so much to solve any problem without a clear, unbiased view of the underlying causes. Educators today have failed to improve student achievement largely…
February 22, 2023
Unlocking the Future
…Scholars Ian Rowe | Distance to 100: An Alternative to Racial Achievement Gaps Policymakers and practitioners can do only so much to solve any problem without a clear, unbiased view…
February 22, 2023
Unlocking the Future
Editor’s Note: The following chapters are AEI scholars’ contributions to a report from Opportunity America’s working group on K-12 education. The toll of the pandemic years is becoming clearer every…
February 23, 2022
The Case Against Universal Free Lunch
…a free lunch.” But libertarian and small-government opponents of universalizing school lunch have taken the admonition too literally. Beyond the taxpayer sticker shock, we should far more carefully consider the…
October 20, 2021
Public Places and Commercial Spaces: How Neighborhood Amenities Foster Trust and Connection in American Communities
…cities. White and rural Americans are more positive than Black, Hispanic, Asian, and urban Americans are about the current state of their communities but less optimistic about the future of…
July 2, 2021
Addressing the Shortcomings of the Supplemental Poverty Measure
…Index for All Urban Consumers each year, and a relative measure should update thresholds by the same percentage at which median income changes each year. Remove geographic adjustments from the…