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January 17, 2024
Tax Extenders Package Would Cut the Child Tax Credit’s Annual Work Requirement in Half
…in a Congress that has strained to find agreement on even routine matters. But some pro-work legislators may be troubled by one provision that would cut in half the current annual work requirement for parents…
January 12, 2024
When It Comes to the State of the American Economy, Let’s Keep It Real
…increase from eight percent in 1960. Then there’s research by my AEI colleague Michael Strain that found income inequality across all households—after accounting for taxes and government transfers and estimated with a Gini…
December 18, 2023
The State of Democratic Capitalism: 2023
…is wrong. Their solutions won’t work. That economic reality will lead to a political course correction. The future for democratic capitalism is bright. Michael R. Strain holds the Arthur F….
December 14, 2023
The Myth of the 1%
The skewing of income toward the top 1% of earners has become a central issue in American politics, with both Republicans and Democrats proposing higher taxes on the rich. But…
December 11, 2023
How to make smartphones and apps safer for kids
…a movement that would follow across the 50 states. Michael Toscano is executive director of the Institute for Family Studies. Brad Wilcox is the Future of Freedom Fellow at the…
December 8, 2023
Biden’s Even Worse Version of “Free College”
…suffice. The Biden team has instead stacked the 14-member panel with friends of the cause while, as AEI’s Michael Brickman has observed, “entirely exclud[ing] groups that are significantly affected, such as…
December 4, 2023
A Pro-Market and Pro-Social Economy
…make the same mistakes again when it comes to under-resourcing workers for the stresses, uncertainties, and strains of economic transitions. These complexities and failures notwithstanding, Gregg makes the case that there’s no…
December 1, 2023
Red States Can Lead the Way on Marriage and Fatherhood
“If we care about our children, if we care about the vibrancy of our communities, we have no choice but to have the conversation” about absent fatherhood, said Chris Sprowls, who…
November 21, 2023
Defining Poverty Up
…(which he opposed) contributed to rapid improvements in crime rates and welfare dependence. By 1997, columnist Michael Barone credibly argued that, of gains on both fronts, “The Good News Is…
November 16, 2023
Work in a World of Abundance
AEI’s Michael Strain contends that, at least for the next several decades, it is highly unlikely that artificial intelligence (AI) will all but eliminate human jobs. This is largely due to the…