Now we live in a world of uncertainty where the economic facts can change at a moment’s notice. That world would be best served by a Fed that is prepared to make early monetary policy changes when the ...

We say that civic life is fraying. We point to distrust, fragmentation, and the steady decline of shared experience in American culture. Much of that is true. But every so often, something cuts ...

The new limits on graduate student borrowing enacted in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBB) mark a decisive shift away from the era of effectively unlimited federal lending. To understand why, it ...

As Operation Epic Fury finishes its sixth week and enters a two-week cease fire period, we estimate an incremental cost to date of between $25 and $35 billion.

New York Governor Kathy Hochul made news recently with an interview that was at once revealing and pathetic. The revealing part was her plea for rich former New Yorkers to return so they can be taxed ...

“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 ...

President Donald Trump has set forth an ambitious plan to reform the federal approach to immigration policy and enforcement. This plan can broadly be categorized into two overarching goals: (1) to ...

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 ...

In the United States, it is conventional wisdom that wages have stagnated for decades. A few examples to illustrate the point: In a recent story in “The New York Times’s” Business section, an article ...

In the following pages, the editors of this AEI Public Opinion Study look at how key demographic groups have voted over time. This compilation covers 13 presidential elections, and it will be ...

Social Security’s Old Age and Survivors Insurance trust fund is projected to be exhausted in 2033. Without intervening legislative action, current law dictates that benefits at that time would need to ...

Congressional Republicans are undertaking a massive budget reconciliation effort involving significant reforms to the federal student loan system. House Republicans introduced their proposal on Monday ...