Our Scholars Policy Areas Press Room More A Public Policy Blog from AEI All Economics Foreign and Defense Policy Education Technology Society and Culture Politics and Public Opinion Most Recent Blog Post October 19, 2021 AEIdeas House reconciliation bill struggles with Biden’s flawed $400,000 tax pledge by Alan D. Viard Joe Biden made a sweeping and misguided pledge not to raise taxes on anyone earning less than $400,000 per year. Although the pledge may be a good sound bite, it is a flawed policy constraint. To facilitate tax reform and fiscal discipline, Democrats should abandon the pledge. ECONOMICSPOLITICAL ECONOMYTAX REFORMUS ECONOMY Blog Post October 19, 2021 AEIdeas Is the spike in federal revenue permanent? by Kyle Pomerleau The Congressional Budget Office projects a spike in federal tax receipts for the 2021 fiscal year. However, some of the estimated revenue growth could be temporary as taxpayers adjust income and expenses to avoid expected tax increases. ECONOMICSTAX REFORMUS ECONOMY Blog Post October 19, 2021 AEIdeas Corrupt parents generate energetic condemnation, but a USC shakedown artist? Mostly yawns by Frederick M. Hess A parent buying his kid’s way into school draws sweeping diatribes about privilege. Fair enough. But it’s hard to square that outrage with the disinterest that greets a campus shakedown artist selling access to elected officials. EDUCATIONHIGHER EDUCATION Blog Post October 19, 2021 AEIdeas A fraught linkage: US-China trade policy and the US-EU Trade and Technology Council by Claude Barfield The Biden administration recently unveiled its China trade and investment policy, and participated in the first US-EU Trade and Technology Council meeting. But substantive results were inconclusive in both cases, leaving major questions unanswered for America’s global allies. DIGITAL TRADEECONOMICSTECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION Blog Post October 18, 2021 AEIdeas New survey data raises questions about the expanded Child Tax Credit by Angela Rachidi Child Tax Credit payments are not well targeted because a sizeable share of families reported that they saved the payments or that the payments were not that important in meeting their day-to-day expenses. POVERTY STUDIES Blog Post October 18, 2021 AEIdeas A new look at wealth concentration in America by James Pethokoukis A new working paper suggests wealth is less concentrated among the top 0.1 percent than previously estimated, raising questions about the revenue-raising potential and administrative difficulty of wealth taxes. ECONOMICSPETHOKOUKISUS ECONOMY Blog Post October 18, 2021 AEIdeas New England liberal arts colleges may look good in pictures, but they are dangerous to American civility by Samuel J. Abrams New data show students at liberal arts colleges are the most repressive when it comes to issues of free speech. Too many liberal arts schools have clearly failed to teach their students about the critical import of viewpoint diversity. POLITICS AND PUBLIC OPINIONPOLLSSOCIETY AND CULTURE Blog Post October 18, 2021 AEIdeas Is China quitting the economic race? by Derek Scissors The conventional reaction to new Chinese GDP statistics is that China’s economy is surprisingly sluggish. Actually, China’s economy has been this sluggish, but the Chinese Communist Party previously refused to admit it. The big story is it’s just possible they may no longer care. ASIAFOREIGN AND DEFENSE POLICY Blog Post October 15, 2021 AEIdeas All hands on deck: Neurodiversity and the future of work by Brent Orrell In the context of today’s post-pandemic labor shortage, one persistently excluded pool of talent is neurodivergent individuals — those on the autism spectrum as well as those with ADHD, bipolar, dyslexia, and several other intellectual and developmental profiles. POVERTY STUDIES Blog Post October 15, 2021 AEIdeas 5 questions for Arthur Turrell on fusion energy by James Pethokoukis | Arthur Turrell Arthur Turrell looks to the future of energy, explaining recent scientific advances in fusion reactors and discussing fusion’s advantages over nuclear fission and renewables like solar and wind power. ECONOMICSENVIRONMENTAL AND ENERGY ECONOMICSPETHOKOUKIS 1 2 3 … 1,972 next » Economics Blog Post October 19, 2021 AEIdeas House reconciliation bill struggles with Biden’s flawed $400,000 tax pledge by Alan D. Viard Joe Biden made a sweeping and misguided pledge not to raise taxes on anyone earning less than $400,000 per year. Although the pledge may be a good sound bite, it is a flawed policy constraint. To facilitate tax reform and fiscal discipline, Democrats should abandon the pledge. ECONOMICSPOLITICAL ECONOMYTAX REFORMUS ECONOMY Blog Post October 19, 2021 AEIdeas Is the spike in federal revenue permanent? by Kyle Pomerleau The Congressional Budget Office projects a spike in federal tax receipts for the 2021 fiscal year. However, some of the estimated revenue growth could be temporary as taxpayers adjust income and expenses to avoid expected tax increases. ECONOMICSTAX REFORMUS ECONOMY Blog Post October 19, 2021 AEIdeas A fraught linkage: US-China trade policy and the US-EU Trade and Technology Council by Claude Barfield The Biden administration recently unveiled its China trade and investment policy, and participated in the first US-EU Trade and Technology Council meeting. But substantive results were inconclusive in both cases, leaving major questions unanswered for America’s global allies. DIGITAL TRADEECONOMICSTECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION Blog Post October 18, 2021 AEIdeas A new look at wealth concentration in America by James Pethokoukis A new working paper suggests wealth is less concentrated among the top 0.1 percent than previously estimated, raising questions about the revenue-raising potential and administrative difficulty of wealth taxes. ECONOMICSPETHOKOUKISUS ECONOMY Blog Post October 15, 2021 AEIdeas 5 questions for Arthur Turrell on fusion energy by James Pethokoukis | Arthur Turrell Arthur Turrell looks to the future of energy, explaining recent scientific advances in fusion reactors and discussing fusion’s advantages over nuclear fission and renewables like solar and wind power. ECONOMICSENVIRONMENTAL AND ENERGY ECONOMICSPETHOKOUKIS Blog Post October 14, 2021 AEIdeas House reconciliation bill would remove misguided tax penalty on students with drug records by Alan D. Viard Under current law, any student with drug felony convictions is barred from claiming the American Opportunity credit. Congress should remove the drug-felony bar so the tax credit credit can provide opportunity to Americans with drug convictions who are pursuing higher education. ECONOMICSTAX REFORM 1 2 3 … 961 next » Foreign and Defense Policy Blog Post October 18, 2021 AEIdeas Is China quitting the economic race? by Derek Scissors The conventional reaction to new Chinese GDP statistics is that China’s economy is surprisingly sluggish. Actually, China’s economy has been this sluggish, but the Chinese Communist Party previously refused to admit it. The big story is it’s just possible they may no longer care. ASIAFOREIGN AND DEFENSE POLICY Blog Post October 06, 2021 AEIdeas Facebook: Being 21st-century national infrastructure demands responsibility by Elisabeth Braw Social networks are part of critical national infrastructure and should be treated as such. An industry that can influence people’s individual behavior and, indeed, the way in which democratic societies conduct public discourse and elect their leaders must clearly follow more stringent rules. FOREIGN AND DEFENSE POLICY Blog Post October 05, 2021 AEIdeas Another Biden policy IOU on China by Derek Scissors United States Trade Representative Katherine Tai rightly noted that China’s global economic distortions have hurt American workers and firms for decades, then outlined a completely inadequate response. We shouldn’t accept it. ASIAFOREIGN AND DEFENSE POLICY Blog Post September 27, 2021 AEIdeas Will Biden also accept Chinese IP theft? by Derek Scissors Chinese courts have declared that their firms can’t be sued anywhere in the world for theft of intellectual property. This is just one, recent event in decades of intellectual property theft and coercion by China and utter American failure to respond. ASIAFOREIGN AND DEFENSE POLICY Blog Post September 23, 2021 AEIdeas More empty talk on export controls by Derek Scissors If the Bureau of Industry and Security can’t restrict China from gaining certain foundational and emerging technologies for its military, for driving American companies out of business, and for repressing human rights, the bureau is harming the country. ASIAFOREIGN AND DEFENSE POLICY Blog Post September 21, 2021 AEIdeas Beyond AUKUS: 5 practical recommendations by Zack Cooper The AUKUS deal announced last week will aid Australia’s defense and could also help to stabilize the deteriorating military balance in Asia and reassure some countries of America’s commitment. The US should capitalize on this momentum. ASIADEFENSEFOREIGN AND DEFENSE POLICY 1 2 3 … 233 next » Tech Policy Blog Post October 19, 2021 AEIdeas A fraught linkage: US-China trade policy and the US-EU Trade and Technology Council by Claude Barfield The Biden administration recently unveiled its China trade and investment policy, and participated in the first US-EU Trade and Technology Council meeting. But substantive results were inconclusive in both cases, leaving major questions unanswered for America’s global allies. DIGITAL TRADEECONOMICSTECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION Blog Post October 15, 2021 AEIdeas What’s going on at the Federal Trade Commission? Highlights from a conversation with Bilal Sayyed by Shane Tews | Mark Jamison Under Chairwoman Lina Khan’s leadership, the Federal Trade Commission is undergoing process reforms that will make the commission less democratic by allocating more power to the chair herself. AEI’s Shane Tews and Mark Jamison hosted an “Explain to Shane” discussion with Bilal Sayyed to hear his thoughts. TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION Blog Post October 14, 2021 AEIdeas ‘Restoration’ of 2011 patent reform bill faces headwinds by Michael Rosen A proposed bill to revitalize the 2011 America Invents Act has energized both strong support and opposition from interest groups. Passage in its current form is thus highly uncertain. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTYTECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION Blog Post October 13, 2021 AEIdeas So Big Tech massively investing in itself is worrisome now? by James Pethokoukis Big Tech’s critics in Washington view America’s most successful firms as anticompetitive crony capitalists, but the tech giants stay on top because they are some of the most innovative companies in the US — and their investments in research and development should be celebrated. ECONOMICSPETHOKOUKISTECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION Blog Post October 13, 2021 AEIdeas Markets are addressing Facebook’s problems by Mark Jamison Despite Facebook’s recent problems, antitrust regulators struggle to show that Facebook has actual market power, and competition is rising to provide the discipline that regulation has failed. More regulation and antitrust prosecutions are thus unnecessary. TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION Blog Post October 12, 2021 AEIdeas The coming fusion revolution: My long-read Q&A with Arthur Turrell by James Pethokoukis | Arthur Turrell Arthur Turrell explains the science behind fusion energy, predicting that this technology could be supplying abundant, clean power in the near future. Discussing the advantages of renewables and the difficulties fission power has faced, Turrell explores the politics and economics of nuclear power. 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