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[…] Britain supplied a meagre 0.9% of Latin America's imports, and received just 1.2% of its exports.[1] Dwarfed by the leading economic powers in the region (the United States and China), Britain also […]
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Providing for the common defense is the only mandatory and exclusive job of the US federal government. Yet a small group of elected representatives expresses outrage at the thought that legislative measures to do so will be brought to the House floor for action.
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The American Privacy Rights Act represents a renewed effort to establish a comprehensive national framework for consumer data privacy and advances new provisions aimed at addressing the challenges posed by evolving technologies, particularly in relation to AI systems and the protection of minors.
The post American Privacy Rights Act of 2024: A Renewed Push for a Comprehensive National Privacy Framework appeared first on American Enterprise Institute - AEI.
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In an era of escalating cyber and geopolitical threats, it is imprudent to weaken America's tradition of permissionless innovation, consumer-driven markets, and competition for investment.
The post Open App Markets Act: A Misguided Approach That Could Stifle America appeared first on American Enterprise Institute - AEI.
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This post is just a brief reminder of what American "exceptionalism" has come to: The U.S. is exceptional in short lives. This graph[1] shows the historical trajectory in expected lifespans for the U.S. and several large, affluent, western, democratic, "peer" countries. (You can choose other peer countries from Our World in Data; it won't change […]
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Here on Political Economy, I sit down with Karlyn Bowman to explore the way Americans view their nation, and the tensions between their love of their past and their strong hope for the future. What follows is a lightly edited transcript of our conversation.
The post American Nostalgia: My Long-Read Q&A with Karlyn Bowman appeared first on American Enterprise Institute - AEI.
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Almost seventy years ago, two photographers traveled across the nation to capture the American way of life. The photographers did not know each other, and they explored the nation in different ways. For the first time, the work of both photographers is being shown together.
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In a recent and updated post, I reviewed the evidence clearly showing that there was and is not a so-called "loneliness epidemic." (Surprise! Despite my post, the epidemic of epidemic alarms continues.) Many media stories about loneliness (e.g., here, here, here) also assert that American adults have fewer friends or weaker friendships than they did […]
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The US will not show global leadership by electing either Trump or Biden, but if Congress manages to fund the brave Ukrainian resistance to Russia, we will have one more exhilarating opportunity to show that it is still as alive as it was under Reagan.
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TSMC's experience operating here in America should, at minimum, temper US policymaker enthusiasm for industrial policy. Taxpayer money needs to make things actually happen within a political economy that in too many places is built to hinder rather than encourage progress.
The post More (Discouraging) Lessons in Industrial Policy, American Style appeared first on American Enterprise Institute - AEI.
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A good faith reading of the economic evidence, as put forward in Streets of Gold, powerfully suggests that coming to America improves both the lives of immigrant families and, just as important, the state of their new home.
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Just out last month is a collection of essays edited by two Princeton historians, Kevin M. Kruse and Julian E. Zelizer, Myth America: Historians Take On the Biggest Legends and Lies About Our Past. An excellent contribution to public education (despite its too-twee title), the book's premise is that these myths derange our politics and […]
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America is an economic superpower partly because of its economic superpower: the long-run ability to attract global talent and put that talent to productive use. Just look at our world-leading technology sector, which is populated by CEOs who were born elsewhere or are second-generation Americans.
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A shrinking Navy cannot match growing threats, jeopardizing the very foundation of global stability that relies on a strong and forward-deployed naval force. Our Navy is no mere expenditure. It's a strategic investment in that pays dividends in both American and global prosperity.
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An oft-repeated economic claim on social media is that most Americans lack the means to cover a $400 emergency expense. More evidence that most of us in "late capitalist" America live paycheck to paycheck. But Federal Reserve data paints a less-dire picture.
The post When It Comes to the State of the American Economy, Let's Keep It Real appeared first on American Enterprise Institute - AEI.