About AEI My AEI Support AEI Contact AEI
Home Events Books Short Publications Research Areas Scholars & Fellows


Search


FindAdvanced Search

Browse all short publications by:
- Date
- Subject
- Author
- Type
- Title

SHORT PUBLICATIONS
AEI Newsletter
AEI.org Exclusives
The American
Press Releases
Outlook Series
On the Issues
Papers and Studies
AEI Working Paper Series
Government Testimony
Speeches
Book Reviews
AEI Policy Series
The War on Terror

E-NEWSLETTERS
Enter e-mail:
 

Home >  Short Publications >  AEI Newsletter >  October 2008 Newsletter
October 2008 Newsletter
Posted: Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Publication Date: October 1, 2008
This issue covers municipal finance, federalism, health innovation, the value of college, and more.
Table of Contents
The Largest Municipal Bankruptcy Ever?
Posted: Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Jefferson County, Alabama, was led to the verge of bankruptcy by relying on risky instruments in a subprime housing economy.

The Future of Federalism
Posted: Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Legal scholars of widely varying perspectives discuss the future structure and shape of American federalism.

A Down Payment on Future Health Innovation
Posted: Wednesday, October 1, 2008
In a new AEI Press book, Anupam B. Jena and Tomas J. Philipson argue that health care cost-effectiveness criteria may constrain future innovation.

What Is Education For? Four Simple Truths for Bringing American Education Back to Reality
By Charles Murray
Posted: Wednesday, October 1, 2008
College is not for everyone, and guidance counselors and parents would do their charges a favor to tell them this.

AEI People and Programs, October 2008
Posted: Wednesday, October 1, 2008
This issue includes Hassan Mneimneh, Jeffrey Azarva, Lawrence M. Mead, Frederick W. Kagan, Leon Aron, Alan D. Viard, Alex Brill, Norman J. Ornstein, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Newt Gingrich, and more.



AEI Newsletter

The January 2009 issue of AEI's newsletter covers President Bush's visit to AEI, the Mumbai terrorist attacks, pharmaceutical price regulation, and more.

  • January 2009 Newsletter
  • Past Issues

  • How to Fix Medicare
    How to Fix Medicare: Let's Pay Patients, Not Physicians

    Should Medicare pay for patient expenses the way automobile insurers pay for car-repair bills? In How to Fix Medicare, health economist Roger Feldman argues that a radical shift in Medicare policy is not only possible but imperative.