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June 12, 2025
The Senate’s Higher Education Reforms Are Strong (But Could Be Stronger)
…which current law caps at relatively low levels. Colleges could also set lower loan limits for certain programs if they choose. The Senate’s proposed loan limits are long overdue. They should constrain…
December 5, 2024
More High-Skill Immigration Is Popular. Let’s Act on That
…last summer, whose authors include numerous academics and think tankers, including AEI economist Michael Strain: One obvious policy solution is to stop sending away foreign-born graduates of American colleges and…
November 21, 2024
A Consensus on Common-Sense Education Reform
…economist Michael Strain, here at AEI.) The report is short, only about 30 pages, and quite readable. If you have an interest in possible solutions to some of the biggest…
October 18, 2024
Pro-Marriage Conservatives Should Reject a Per-Child Phase-In of the Child Tax Credit
…reason to restrain a boost in the maximum credit amount. These three reforms are productive ways to increase the generosity of the credit, including for families with lower incomes. The…
October 3, 2024
The New “Old Girls Network” in the American Workplace
…compared to the successes of college-educated women. This gulf in workplace experiences follows the pattern of strained gender relations in other areas of American life, culture, and politics. These differences…
September 23, 2024
The Last Bipartisan Policy
Name a policy that Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, Ron DeSantis, and Gavin Newsome all support. And I don’t mean something they are passively allowing or a shallow endorsement of motherhood…
August 2, 2024
Democrats’ Automatic Stimulus Proposals Undermine the Administration’s “Strongest Economy” Claims
…all governed by the Sahm rule. And last fall Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden (D-OR), accompanied by Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Michael Bennet (D-CO), and Sherrod Brown…
July 17, 2024
Key Takeaways from a New Report on Potential Unemployment Insurance Reforms
…huge new programs strained UI systems to the point of breaking. While the economy is currently healthy, it is critical that policymakers and states take steps to prepare for the…
May 30, 2024
Building a High Tech Workforce for the Future
…the technology has sped ahead, driven by public interest and drawing massive investment. Major tech firms—Google, Meta, Microsoft, and others—have strained to meet demand and to build and refine customer…
April 10, 2024
Biden Irresponsibly Encourages Borrowers to Enroll in SAVE Plan
President Biden is hard at work encouraging student borrowers to enroll in his new SAVE Plan, a de facto loan forgiveness program that faces increasing legal scrutiny. 11 states, led…