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America at 250 An initiative by the American Enterprise Institute aimed at reintroducing Americans to the unique value of their national inheritance. The American Enterprise The American Enterprise publishes monthly, long-form opinion essays and commentary exploring pressing issues and ideas critical to a free society.
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The Real Defense Spending Deadbeats: Spain or the US Congress?
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (162+ words) But aren’t we on the cusp of the biggest defense budget in history? Well, no really. The Republican Congress is failing to deliver and is rapidly running out of time to do so. Recognizing that and making sense of all…...
What America Thought About Itself in 1976
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (258+ words) Americans were ready to have fun during the American Bicentennial in 1976. Surprised? You might think it was a country still gloomily obsessed with the Vietnam War and Watergate. Maybe it still kind of was. But Americans also thought better days…...
The Dollar, Safe-Haven Demand, and the Iran War
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (302+ words) In this note, we assess whether the dollar’s rise at the conflict’s start was owed to its safe-haven status or to higher oil prices. The short answer: both. We also show that the most recent rise in the dollar was…...
We’re Letting China Steal Our Future
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (376+ words) Last week, Anthropic accused Alibaba of illicitly extracting AI capabilities by training its inferior model on Anthropic’s superior model. This is hardly the first such accusation. In February, Open AI made a similar claim about DeepSeek. In April, there was…...
America’s Productivity Pop Has a Startup Backstory
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (212+ words) Recent US productivity gains are solid by post-Global Financial Crisis standards. It’s not a 1990s-style boom, but it’s enough of a revival to make many observers wonder whether we’ve entered a new phase of faster productivity growth, driven by advances…...
Does American Capitalism Need to Be Reimagined?: A Response to an International Economy Symposium
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (71+ words) New Fed chairman Kevin Warsh should raise interest rates if there is even the slightest chance that inflation expectations will soon become unanchored. BY Desmond Lachman ON 16 Jun 26 BY Desmond Lachman ON 28 May 26 At best, President Trump may be able…...
The Legacy of Slavery
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (315+ words) In a few weeks, Americans across the country will mark the nation’s 250th birthday. A time of celebration, yes, but also a time to reflect on the founders’ contributions and how their work informs us today. To this end, AEI inaugurated…...
What If Xi Was An Economic Reformer?
2+ mon, 4+ week ago (281+ words) Xi as a pro-market reformer looks completely ridiculous, but, for some, it didn’t look ridiculous in 2012 and 2013. Their wish-casting aside, important goals Xi has himself articulated could have been met in large part by following a path he set aside:…...
Beyond Neutrality? | American Enterprise Institute - AEI
3+ mon, 3+ day ago (400+ words) That is why neutrality matters. It is also why neutrality alone is not enough. Yet universities do not merely create knowledge. They preserve, transmit, and renew it. This is why the best universities treat teaching as more than instruction. Every…...
Shared Attention in the Age of AI
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (785+ words) Last night, my young son stayed up far later than he should have. We walked to a neighborhood gathering space to watch the Knicks. Families filled the room. Friends met after work. Strangers struck up conversations. My son ordered a…...