Aei Press: 53 books
No Way Out?
Government Intervention and the Financial Crisis
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2013
In response to the ongoing financial crisis, the U.S. government has significantly expanded its role in economy, resulting in new legislation and both public and private policy overhauls. But these hasty efforts to buoy the economy may ultimately do more harm than good. In No Way Out?, Vincent R....
The Real Tax Burden
More than Dollars and Cents
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2011
Endowed with the authority to enforce justice, government is a necessary prerequisite to human flourishing. Citizens rightfully bear the responsibility to contribute to the existence of just government through the rendering of taxes. Because tax policy is also a reflection of values, citizens in a...
by Andrew G. Biggs, Mark J. Browne, Barry K. Goodwin
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2010
As America debates the merits of government-provided health insurance, it is important to note that the U.S. government is already the largest insurance provider in the world. For decades, it has used taxpayer funds to support the world's largest health care insurance programs (Medicare and Medicaid)...
The Road to Renewal
Private Investment in the U.S. Transportation Infrastructure
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2011
Despite record levels of government spending, America's transportation system is plagued by traffic congestion, decaying infrastructure, and politicization of transportation funding-leading to calamities such as the 2007 collapse an interstate highway bridge over the Mississippi River and political...
by Andreas Bergh, Magnus Henrekson
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2010
As economists and policymakers strive to understand the causes of the global financial crisis, pinpointing the relationship between government size and economic growth is crucial. In this incisive economic study, Andreas Bergh and Magnus Henrekson find that in wealthy countries, where government size...
Renewable Electricity Generation
Economic Analysis and Outlook
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2011
This volume examines the outlook for renewable energy in electricity generation-particularly wind and solar power-as a substitute for conventional fuels such as coal and natural gas. Economist Benjamin Zycher evaluates the central arguments in favor of policies that would make way for broader use...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2010
Traditional measures of economic disparities among Americans of different race, gender, geographic location, and education level consider only material well-being, so that making two groups economically "equal" is as simple as matching their monetary incomes. This narrow focus on income...
by Christopher J. Conover
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2012
With 150 original color charts and graphs, The Illustrated Guide to the American Health Care Economy is an attractive, user-friendly, one-of-a-kind resource on the economics of health care in the United States. Covering topics such as 'How Is Each Health Care Dollar Spent?' and 'Who Pays for Health...
Women's Figures
An Illustrated Guide to the Economic Progress of Women In America
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2012
The myth that women make 78 cents on a man’s dollar is a standard refrain in popular media and serves as a rationale for affirmative action for women. Unstated is that for women and men with the same job and work experience, the wage gap practically disappears. In Women’s Figures, Manhattan Senior...
Beside the Golden Door
U.S. Immigration Reform in a New Era of Globalization
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2010
'I lift my lamp beside the golden door!'_the last line of Emma Lazarus's famous poem invites immigrants to enter a land of economic opportunity. Many have accepted that invitation; today, foreign-born workers make up nearly 16 percent of the U.S. workforce and account for almost half of workforce...
The U.S. Labor Market
Questions and Challenges for Public Policy
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2016
Public policy is rightly concerned with fostering a vibrant labor market in which individuals can earn their own success, realize their potential, and enjoy the dignity that hard work provides. But public policy faces serious challenges in today’s labor market: low workforce participation and high...
Energy Myths and Realities
Bringing Science to the Energy Policy Debate
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2010
There are many misconceptions about the future of global energy often presented as fact by the media, politicians, business leaders, activists, and even scientists_wasting time and money and hampering the development of progressive energy policies. Energy Myths and Realities: Bringing Science to the...
The Declining Work and Welfare of People with Disabilities
What Went Wrong and a Strategy for Change
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2011
The U.S. disability insurance system is an important part of the federal social safety net; it provides financial protection to working-age Americans who have illnesses, injuries, or conditions that render them unable to work as they did before becoming disabled or that prevent them from adjusting...
by Peter J. Wallison
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2011
Peter J. Wallison is the only member of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission (FCIC) to release a formal dissent to the FCICOs official report on the causes of the financial crisis. Wallison, codirector of financial policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute, argues that the FCICOs report...