A new forecast from the Congressional Budget Office reveals the scale of the fiscal challenge that the second Trump administration has inherited from its predecessors. Amid much talk about the problem ...

Based on analysis of a historical dataset created during the 1930s that captured the life stories of thousands of older Americans, researchers offer a reminder that work isn’t just about income but ...

In many high-income democracies, the explosion of public borrowing over the past two decades has made it clear enough that a budgetary course correction is required, especially when analysis is ...

Global production of six major crops has dramatically increased between 1961 and 2022, largely because of advances in agricultural research, innovation, and entrepreneurship. However, ill-advised ...

We should never take economic growth for granted. As Oxford University economist Daniel Susskind writes in his 2024 book, Growth: A History and a Reckoning, “Three facts, simple but remarkable, have ...

Rep. Blake Moore (R-UT) introduced the Family First Act. This bill would significantly increase the Child Tax Credit (CTC), modify or eliminate other family tax provisions, and make the cap on the ...

Since our nation’s founding, American Catholics have confronted the question of whether one can be a faithful Catholic and a devoted citizen of the United States. Most Catholic citizens ...

On January 15, AEI’s Kori Schake hosted a discussion with former Secretary of the US Air Force Heather Wilson and former Representative Mike Rogers on the delicate balance of the civil-military ...

The decision last week by Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and Threads, to immediately stop using “fact checkers” — groups hired by Meta to determine what information is ...

Later this month, President-elect Donald Trump’s secretary of education will take office and confront a whirlwind of challenges. Just for starters, American students have continued to experience ...

What is the first thing that you touch in the morning? What about the last thing you touch before you go to sleep? For many of us, it’s our phone. Digital devices are with us constantly, often ...

From just before the Korean War to the present, overall defense and national security allocations averaged a little under $2400 per person (in constant 2024 prices). In other words, for the past ...