New research shows industries most exposed to AI are seeing faster output per worker, not mass layoffs. To the extent AI is showing up in the numbers, it's a productivity uplift, not a jobs apocalypse ...

That the stock market is holding up well now despite the gathering storm clouds for the US and world economies is reminiscent of the stock market’s robust performance in the run-up to the 2020 ...

Event Description Twenty-five years ago, the Supreme Court decided Bush v. Gore, effectively ending the recount of the 2000 presidential election. In the aftermath, Congress passed the Help America ...

President Trump's long-standing chase for deals with China has pushed the US to avoid hard choices, only to get burned later.

Event Summary On February 2, AEI convened a conference with the Ukrainian Institute of the Future on the future of Ukraine, opportunities for a peaceful end to the conflict with Russia, and the ...

The China economy field is full of people repeating the government’s numbers and “analyzing” them. If that’s sufficient, China watchers can just project a gradual fall from 5 percent GDP growth ...

About fifteen years ago, I participated in some war games about the possibility of an attack on Iran, not unlike what now unfolds. I was on the Iran team. Our goal was to stymie the U.S. and Israeli ...

Competition involving the Gulf states and Turkey in the Horn of Africa is exacerbating preexisting African conflicts and risking a regional proxy war on both sides of the Red Sea. A new era of ...

The bipartisan effort to reach a compromise on Fiscal Year 2026 (FY 2026) defense appropriations should be commended, even if it comes four months into the fiscal year. Added to the Military ...

China’s military advancement, demographic decline, multidimensional trade success, political repression, and perhaps other features may be more important than its macroeconomic performance. Still, the ...

Let me start with the chart: Median pre-tax earnings of men ages 25-29 rose 24 percent ($10,800) from 1973 to 2024, and median post-tax compensation rose 40 percent ($15,500). The gains from 1989 to ...

The combination of increased use and collateral health effects of recreational marijuana raises the questions of how government should educate the public and whether it should discourage or limit ...