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The AEI Press publishes books that deepen our understanding of the great domestic and foreign policy issues facing America. Our books illuminate matters now being debated in Congress, in the media, and perhaps in your own home and business.

The AEI Press is the publishing arm of AEI. In our books--as in our periodicals, conferences, and other activities--AEI takes the best in current academic research and scholarship and makes it relevant to the practical political debates of the day. We hope you will find our publications lively, stimulating, intelligent, and thorough.

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Featured Book

Voting Rights--And Wrongs The Elusive Quest for Racially Fair Elections

By Abigail Thernstrom
AEI Press
(June 2009)

The Voting Rights Act has become a period piece that today serves to keep most black legislators clustered on the sidelines of American politics. A radically revised law would better serve the political interests of all Americans--minority and white voters alike.

"Abigail Thernstrom is simply the best writer and thinker we have on voting rights in America. Voting Rights--And Wrongs, the culmination of decades of research and thinking, is the watershed book that will reframe our thinking on minorities and the vote."

--Shelby Steele, Robert J. and Marion E. Oster Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution

More Featured Selections

Tax Policy Lessons from the 2000s

Edited By Alan D. Viard
AEI Press
(February 2009)

A World without Agriculture

By C. Peter Timmer
AEI Press
(February 2009)

Pharmaceutical Price Regulation

By John A. Vernon, Joseph H. Golec
AEI Press
(January 2009)

Privatizing Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and the Federal Home Loan Banks

By Peter J. Wallison , Thomas H. Stanton, Bert Ely
AEI Press
(September 2004)

From AEI Press

Reform Medicaid First

Laying the Foundation for National Health Care Reform

By Thomas W. Grannemann and Mark V. Pauly
AEI Press
(June 2009)

As Congress contemplates major revisions to America's health care system, two leading health economists warn that significant differences among state Medicaid programs will hinder national health care reform.

The Increase in Leisure Inequality, 1965-2005

By Mark Aguiar and Erik Hurst
AEI Press
(June 2009)

This meticulously-researched monograph examines trends in leisure inequality to present a more complete picture of prosperity in America.

Voting Rights--And Wrongs

The Elusive Quest for Racially Fair Elections

By Abigail Thernstrom
AEI Press
(June 2009)

The Voting Rights Act has become a period piece that today serves to keep most black legislators clustered on the sidelines of American politics--precisely the opposite of what its framers intended.

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Also by AEI Scholars

Preserving Our Institutions

Presidential Succession

By Continuity of Government Commission
AEI-Brookings Continuity of Government Commission
(July 2009)

This report delves into the issues surrounding succession to the presidency and provides seven specific recommendations for how the flaws in the current succession process may be fixed.

No Crime but Prejudice

Fischer Homes, the Immigration Fiasco, and Extra-Judicial Prosecution

By Jon Entine
AtlasBooks
(May 2009)

At what point do the potential public benefits of vigorous prosecution outweigh the actual harm when fundamental legal protections are suspended?

The Rise of China

Essays on the Future Competition

Edited By Gary J. Schmitt
Encounter Books
(May 2009)

With its expanding economy and increasing military strength, China is positioning itself to challenge the United States in Asia and, in time, globally.

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AEI Classic Series

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Toward a More Perfect Union
Edited by Joseph Bessette
AEI Press
(February 1995)

The great themes of Storing's scholarship were the great themes of the political discourse of the nation's founding. This book, part of the AEI Classic series, is available for download as an Adobe Acrobat PDF. [Read More]

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The Increase in Leisure Inequality, 1965-2005
Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Has leisure time, for the average American, increased or decreased over the last several decades? Does it vary across groups with different education levels? To what extent do education, employment rates, or other alternative explanations account for these differences? How much can be attributed to sheer preference for leisure?

In The Increase in Leisure Inequality, 1965-2005 (AEI Press, 2009), Professors Mark Aguiar of the University of Rochester and Erik Hurst of the University of Chicago use data spanning forty years and tens of thousands of survey respondents to examine trends in leisure inequality. Rather than just equating income to well-being, the authors offer a more complete picture of American well-being than would have been obtained by measuring income inequality alone.