Healthcare premiums in 2027 for employer-sponsored insurance (ESI) are going up once again at an exceptionally elevated rate. As has been the case in all the years since the COVID-19 pandemic ...

In the months after problems in the subprime loan market surfaced in March 2008 and Bear Stearns collapsed, financial markets ignored the early warning signs of unfolding financial system trouble.

If Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh thinks he has a difficult inflation challenge with Trump breathing down his neck for lower interest rates, he should spare a thought for Christine Lagarde, the ...

It’s been a good week for ancient Greece. On Wednesday, Marco Rubio gave a rousing speech in Athens about what America and “the Western moral imagination” owe to such figures as Socrates and the ...

Autonomous systems—drones and robotics—are becoming central to military capability and industrial competitiveness, and the United States cannot build the full supply chain alone. AEI Nonresident ...

On October 9, AEI’s Stan Veuger welcomed Princeton University’s Owen Zidar and University of Chicago’s Eric Zwick for a conversation about their new book, The Everywhere Millionaire: Who Is Really ...

The international committee responsible for the official scenarios that feed into climate modeling that are the basis for most projective climate research and the assessments of the Intergovernmental ...

The bipartisan effort to reach a compromise on Fiscal Year 2026 (FY 2026) defense appropriations should be commended, even if it comes four months into the fiscal year. Added to the Military ...

Work has long been viewed as a critical pathway out of poverty. Therefore, it is important to understand the effects of federal safety-net programs—designed to alleviate poverty and promote economic ...

Conventional wisdom tells us that Democrats spend less on defense than Republicans. But is this true? A review of historical defense budget trends shows there is more at play in determining overall ...

Aside from the Nobel Peace Prize, if there is one thing that Donald Trump has consistently wanted, it has been a weak dollar. In his view, a weak dollar is essential to boost exports, increase ...