The first Trump administration correctly identified the People’s Republic of China as the main trade problem. Not only has the second term been less focused, but China no longer seems to be a ...

After the passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, lawmakers now have time to plan the next business tax reform. Such a reform should tax business income neutrally and eliminate the pass-through ...

America is in a baby bust, with birth rates hitting record lows and still falling. Young Americans are getting married later and less. Meanwhile, parents face rising stress, and children suffer an ...

In a recent interview, former Freddie Mac CEO Donald Layton says Fannie and Freddie were "lazy competitors" before government seizure.

The China Global Investment Tracker is the most complete public record of the country’s investment and construction worldwide, with more than 4,300 transactions from 2005 through 2022.

AEI internships are available in the fall, spring, and summer to experienced undergraduate and graduate students, as well as recent graduates. A minimum 3.0 GPA is required; however, most successful ...

"Remarkable…An eye-popping work, a unique combination of economic and technological—and strategic—analysis." Paul Kennedy Bestselling author of The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers "If you care about ...

Zack Cooper’s book is a first-rate example of policy-relevant basic research. Theoretically innovative and empirically rich, it has important implications for the most pressing questions confronting ...

The November 1994 midterm elections were a watershed event, making possible a Repbulican majority in Congress for the first time in forty years. Contract with America, by Newt Gingrich, the new ...

In "It’s Even Worse Than It Looks," congressional scholars Thomas Mann of the Brookings Institution and Norman Ornstein of AEI identify two overriding problems that have led Congress — and the United ...

“Designed in California, assembled in China,” reads the text etched on the back of most iPhones. For over a decade, the iPhone has exemplified China’s central role in producing the world’s electronics ...

Since 2020, workforce challenges have defined the US economy. From a shrinking working-age population to persistent labor shortages, worker disengagement, and an ever-widening skills gap, employers ...