Aei Press imprint: 53 books

Freedom Feminism

Its Surprising History and Why It Matters Today

by Christina Hoff Sommers
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2013

Women’s equality is one of the great achievements of Western civilization. Yet most American women today do not consider themselves “feminists.” Why is the term that describes one of the great chapters in the history of freedom in such disrepute? In Freedom Feminism: Its Surprising History...

Wealth and Justice

The Morality of Democratic Capitalism

by Peter Wehner, Arthur C. Brooks, President
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2010

Popular opinion would have us believe that America's free market system is driven by greed and materialism, resulting in gross inequalities of wealth, destruction of the environment, and other social ills. Even proponents of capitalism often refer to the free market as simply a 'lesser evil' whose...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2012

Few politicians can make a speech concerning economic policy without using the term “competitiveness.” Yet, despite its frequent and casual use, there is little if any agreement on its meaning. Scholars have been slow to embrace the term, holding a healthy skepticism toward such political utterances. The...

Bad History, Worse Policy

How a False Narrative About the Financial Crisis Led to the Dodd-Frank Act

by Peter J. Wallison
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2013

This timely study focuses on how the government-constructed narratives surrounding the collapse of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and the 2008 financial crisis shaped the policymaking that led to the Dodd-Frank Act. The book shows that every major provision of the act can be traced directly to that narrative,...

Character and Cops

Ethics in Policing

by Edwin J. Delattre
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2011

Since the first edition was published in 1989, Character and Cops has been considered the bible of police ethics training. The book is a comprehensive guide to the ethical challenges faced daily by police officers, especially in times of heightened security. The updated sixth edition features a new...

Boom and Bust

Financial Cycles and Human Prosperity

by Alex J. Pollock
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2010

While the recent economic crisis was a painful period for many Americans, the panic surrounding the downturn was fueled by an incomplete understanding of economic history. Economic hysteria made for riveting journalism and effective political theater, but the politicians and members of the media who...
by Rose-Marie Belle Antoine, Craig M. Boise, Anna Manasco Dionne
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2010

Offshore financial centers (OFCs) have a troubled reputation for enabling tax evasion, money laundering, autocratic looting, and even the financing of terrorism-but they play an essential role in the world economy. Fears of criminal activity have prompted many onshore governments to restrict offshore...

The Politically Correct University

Problems, Scope, and Reforms

by Robert Maranto, Fredrick Hess, Richard Redding
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2009

The Politically Correct University shows how the universities' quest for 'diversity' has produced in too many departments a stifling uniformity of thought. Required reading for those who want American universities to eschew political correctness." — Michael Barone, resident fellow, American Enterprise Institute

Lincoln at Two Hundred

Why We Still Read the Sixteenth President

by Walter Berns
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2010

'We say that a man can be known by the company he keeps. So I say that a nation, a people, can be known and be judged by its heroes, by whom it honors above all others.' Abraham Lincoln was the greatest of our presidents. He saved the Union, and because he saved the Union, he was able to free the...

Swap

How Trade Works

by Philip I. Levy, Claude Barfield
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2011

A concise introduction to the principles of world economics, Swap is an easy-to-understand resource for a general audience. This brief, practical volume covers the principles of specialization, comparative advantage, deficits, supply chains, labor and environmental standards, trade with the developing world, and more.

American Exceptionalism

An Experiment in History

by Charles Murray
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2013

The phrase “American exceptionalism” is used in many ways and for many purposes, but its original meaning involved a statement of fact: for the first century after the Constitution went into effect, European observers and Americans alike saw the United States as exceptional, with political and...

Abundant Energy

The Fuel of Human Flourishing

by Kenneth P. Green
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2011

Human beings depend on energy. From burning wood to harnessing the atom, we have relied on the consumption of natural resources. As civilization grows and the demand for energy increases, we must ask ourselves how toe best meet our energy needs while responsibly stewarding our resources. In...
by Nicholas Eberstadt
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2010

The Korean peninsula during the Cold War provided a cruel but historically unparalleled real-world “experiment” in the relationship between polity and material advance: an ethnically and culturally homogenous nation was, in 1945, suddenly divided by an arbitrary boundary line and then subjected...

Progressive Consumption Taxation

The X-Tax Revisited

by Alan D. Viard, Robert Carroll
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2012

Alone among developed countries, the United States has no broad-based national consumption tax. Yet, economic analysis suggests that consumption taxation is superior to income taxation because it does not penalize saving and investment. The authors conclude that the U.S. income tax system should be...
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