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June 4, 2024
What Comes After Neoliberalism?
…the face of decades of neoliberal orthodoxy. And the Biden administration is hardly alone: a growing number of governments, economists, and institutions are rethinking the free-market doctrine to which they…
May 30, 2024
Building a High Tech Workforce for the Future
…of 260,000 lost tech jobs in 2023. Programmers and engineers haven’t suffered as much as people working in human resources, marketing, sales, and other support roles. But even a modest…
May 29, 2024
Liberals Should Decide Whether Being a Homemaker Is Demeaning or Worthy of Huge New Government Benefits
…may suggest that providing vastly expanded welfare checks to low-income homemakers, leaving many outside of the paid workforce, is the mark of a “modern economy.” But working parents and other taxpayers forced…
May 29, 2024
Holding out Hope for a Left-Right Consensus on Federal Student Lending
…lending are centered around how to properly regulate an expanded student loan market—even if just for graduate lending—and to what extent federal lending should be capped, conservatives should consider that…
May 22, 2024
Missed Opportunities in the Proposed Farm Bill
House Agriculture Committee Chairman Glenn Thompson’s proposed Farm Bill reauthorization, The Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2024, heads to committee markup today. The Farm Bill is a tough reauthorization…
May 13, 2024
Do Mothers Have “Societal Support”? Does It Count if It Comes from Neighbors?
…Americans have such community support, which comes neither from the market nor the state. These are largely people who belong to religious communities. Both of my last two books have…
May 9, 2024
FAFSA Flop: What Is Going On with the 2024–25 Cycle?
Event Summary On May 9, AEI hosted a panel conversation with AEI’s Beth Akers and Michael Brickman, Karen McCarthy of the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators, and Mark…
May 9, 2024
The Federal Student Loan Program Is Unraveling
…enough to create a thriving private student loan market. Leaning against financial innovation, hostile regulators often threaten to block the private sector from using factors correlated with each college’s financial value…
May 9, 2024
State Housing Bills Are Dead; Time for Local Leaders to Step Up
…is to unleash market forces by cutting red tape. Allowing individuals to build on smaller lots, reducing parking requirements, or opening up commercial areas for mixed-use development — policies similar…
May 8, 2024
Correcting for Bias; How Public Radio Can Better Serve All Americans
…white and progressive, and clustered around coastal cities and college towns.” Pew reports that NPR’s audience declined by 6% between 2021 and 2022. This is not the mark of a…