The American Enterprise Institute prides itself on producing leading research in several key policy areas that weave a tapestry of the organization's core beliefs: respect and support for the power of free enterprise, a strong defense centered on smart international relations, and opportunity for all to achieve the American dream.
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“If average monthly job gains remain close to the last 12 months' average of 180,000, then private-sector payrolls will hit an all-time high in just under one year. But even then, job levels will still be far below where they would be if the trend from 1990 through 2007 had continued, a shortfall equaling nearly 12 million missing workers.”
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“A leaked report on Chinese cyber espionage shows just how dysfunctional the Sino-US relationship is. Washington needs to admit that it is in an abusive relationship, and then find the courage to protect itself against further mistreatment.”
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“A diverse group of individuals and small business owners in six different states seek to overturn an Internal Revenue Service rule that illegally authorizes tax subsidies for health exchanges established by the federal government. Without access to those taxpayer dollars, Obamacare’s plan to impose coverage mandates on individuals and employers in the 33 states that have declined to establish their own state health exchanges, along with the ACA’s broader federal regulatory scheme for health insurance, would face two choices: Collapse into chaos or renegotiate an overdue rendezvous with reality.”
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“The true core of this story has nothing to do with media vanity or talking points — or a political circus. The real issue is that for reasons yet to be determined ... the administration was unprepared for an attack on Sept. 11, of all dates. When the attack came, they essentially did nothing as our own people were begging for help — other than to tell those begging to help that they must 'stand down.'”
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“University presidents aren’t corporate executives. If higher education wishes to maintain its privileged position in American society, it needs to contain its spending. A good place to start is at the top.”
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“Solar radiation management’s precise value remains uncertain; however, it seems clear that its potential benefit is very large — on par with the damages brought by climate change itself. In other words, if climate change is a significant problem, then SRM could be part of a significant solution.”
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“Not even Abraham Lincoln could fix Gettysburg for all time. The 150th anniversary of the battle this summer drives us again to peer into the glass, to reflect anew upon a moment when the American future hung uncertainly in the humid Pennsylvania air, when yet another Confederate victory, especially one on Union soil, might have broken the Lincoln administration's grip on power.”
