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June 22, 2023
System Error: Where Big Tech Went Wrong and How We Can Reboot
Event Summary On June 22, AEI’s Brent Orrell and Shane Tews were joined by Rob Reich of the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence and Jeremy M. Weinstein of the…
June 22, 2023
The Cost of Thriving Has Fallen: Correcting and Rejecting the American Compass Cost-of-Thriving Index
…group fell by 7.5 weeks. These improvements aside, we reject the COTI approach as inadequate for assessing changes in living standards. While Cass’s estimates imply that male earnings have fallen…
June 21, 2023
The Bad Math Behind Economic Doomerism
…unattainable standard of living for sole breadwinner families after three-and-a-half decades of costs outpacing income—come from Cass’ report from earlier this year, “The 2023 Cost-of-Thriving Index.” Indeed, Cass argues more broadly that…
June 20, 2023
College isn’t just about career or credentials — it’s also about friends, formation, and, if you’re lucky, marriage
…our children toward choosing a college based on where we thought they were most likely to develop great lifelong friendships, would that be considered odd by today’s standards? As a…
June 16, 2023
Marriage Is Still the Best Way to Bond a Father to His Children
…standardized tests, are less likely to graduate high school, and are more likely to commit serious crimes as juveniles. I understand that Richard feels the married two-parent family structure is…
June 14, 2023
Better Data Means Better Policy
…The Census Bureau’s decision to begin using a more accurate inflation measure was not just apolitical, it was also the correct one. It will reveal that living standards in the…
June 8, 2023
Flawed Approach: The Working Families Tax Cut Act as a Response to Inflation
…increase the standard deduction by $2,000 for single filers and $4,000 for married filers in 2024 and 2025. However, this increase would phase out for taxpayers with incomes over $200,000…
June 8, 2023
Oklahoma Has Approved the Nation’s First Religious Charter School. What’s That Mean?
…you explain what this is about and where things stand? Nicole: On June 5, the Oklahoma Statewide Virtual Charter Boardvoted, 3-2, to approve the nation’s first religious charter school, St. Isidore…
June 7, 2023
The Price We’ll Pay for Our AI Future: More Loneliness
…Caryn herself.” While Marjorie stands to make a tidy profit from CarynAI — based on a recent beta test she estimated that the chatbot could generate $5 million in monthly…
June 7, 2023
The Price We’ll Pay For Our AI Future: More Loneliness
…Caryn herself.” While Marjorie stands to make a tidy profit from CarynAI — based on a recent beta test she estimated that the chatbot could generate $5 million in monthly…