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Chart of the Day: Last year the United States had the largest decline in CO2 emissions *in the entire world* for the 9th time this century. @AEIdeas @Mark_J_Perry buff.ly/2JhzDQR
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“A study by AEI shows that 90% of the $68b the US has already sent to Ukraine supports weapons factories here in the US.”
@JenGriffinFNC on the facts: Ukraine aid isn’t a blank check to Kyiv.
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Capitalism isn't broken. It doesn't always work perfectly, of course. But the free market combined with our strong safety net has drastically reduced poverty and improved quality of life for the vast majority of Americans. buff.ly/2VltCbY
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California as a separate country would have been the 5th largest economy in the world last year, ahead of the UK, France, and India. buff.ly/2SS0mbx
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The birth of the United States was unique because it was a nation founded not on blood or ethnicity, but on ideas. bit.ly/2sv8IbN
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"Capitalism turns luxuries into necessities. Socialism turns necessities into luxuries." bit.ly/2izrboP
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JUST RELEASED:
Research from AEI's @MEaglen estimates that China's true military spending is $710.6 billion.
This calculation is 3x larger than Beijing's self-reported totals and several billion dollars higher than estimates from the US intelligence community.
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Pro-Beijing members of Hong Kong's Legislative Council have proposed making it a crime, punishable by jail, to disrespect the playing of the Chinese national anthem. But don't expect many NBA stars to speak out against it, writes @GaryJSchmitt1. buff.ly/2Z5go8O
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President George H. W. Bush’s handwritten note to incoming President Bill Clinton is a model of political civility. ow.ly/asQ5308awdE
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Prediction: No 2017 graduation speaker will mention this – the growing ‘gender college degree gap’ favoring women bit.ly/2rYrY2t
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'You can’t redistribute wealth without creating it. And that is what innovation-driven #capitalism has done really well for the past two centuries.' #endpoverty buff.ly/2NNIRql
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The truth is that most black men will not be incarcerated, are not unemployed, and are not poor. In fact, millions of black men are flourishing in America today. buff.ly/2m6pX2s
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The Czech Republic proves that the costs of a principled, values-based posture toward China are much smaller than Europe’s current waffling between talk of “partnership” and “systemic" rivalry. @DaliborRohac buff.ly/32ZiU0A
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More than half of young Germans do apprenticeships. Why don't Americans? bit.ly/2tnaIE1
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The strength of capitalism can be attributed to the the 3 Ps:
1) Prices determined by market forces.
2) A profit-and-loss system of accounting.
3) Private property rights.
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AEI's @StanVeuger: If they had done their calculations correctly, we would have ended up with a set of tariffs that would have barely exceeded 10%.
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Women earned the majority of doctoral degrees in 2016 for 8th straight year & outnumber men in grad school 135-100. bit.ly/2fB2QgI
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Beijing has been waging an audacious campaign to set the limits of political speech not just in China but also in countries around the globe, posing a profound challenge to the democratic world. buff.ly/2FpzQVU
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Give credit where its due: Trump’s strategy to get NATO allies to spend more appears to be working. @marcthiessen bit.ly/2tZ10IT
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Inconvenient energy fact: It takes 79 solar workers to produce same amount of electric power as one coal worker. bit.ly/2q2gqNK
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Ukraine must be allowed to hit military targets in Russia with US weapons.
From AEI's @HalBrands.
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International trade is a vital part of the U.S. economy and has a positive impact on each of our 50 states. bit.ly/2oMFowt
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Democratic presidential candidates remain dismissive of the American economy and its record-long expansion. They fail to recognize that wages are rising, and they're rising fastest for those at the bottom. buff.ly/38Twl3p
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Not only is the economy continuing to generate gobs of jobs, but the expansion is now in record territory. buff.ly/32hFEHU
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• Tanks from Lima, Ohio
• HIMARS from Niceville, Florida
• Rocket parts from Huntsville, Alabama
Ukraine aid is reinvigorating American jobs — in states and cities whose politicians have voted against it.
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In recent years, the Christmas radio classic "Baby, It's Cold Outside" has begun disappearing from the airwaves amid accusations that it promotes sexual entrapment. #FactualFeminist @CHSommers begs to differ.
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Reality: 90% of the aid already allocated for Ukraine has stayed in the US, supporting American workers and modernizing an atrophied US defense manufacturing base.
AEI's @MarcThiessen on the America First argument to keep supporting Ukraine.
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How is supporting Ukraine in line with 'America First' policies?
@MarcThiessen gives 10 reasons in the @WashingtonPost 👇
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Like Bigfoot and the Loch Ness Monster, the 23% wage gap claim is a myth that just won’t die. #EqualPayDay ow.ly/RXni30awuSY
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While socialism promised prosperity, equality, and security, it delivered poverty, misery, and tyranny. bit.ly/2zIfbrr
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We’re too dependent on China for too many critical goods. Especially medicine. @dpletka @DerekScissors1 buff.ly/2UGDDSD
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"Do you want it to be the 1930s, when America watched from afar as dictators began to march? We pretended we were safe, only to be attacked with our guard down."
AEI Irving Kristol Awardee Paul Gigot on the dangers of New Right isolationism.
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ICYMI: @senrobportman cited a map from @criticalthreats and @TheStudyofWar during his recent Senate floor speech👇
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"In my opinion, there is no economist alive today who has done more to eloquently, articulately, and persuasively advance the principles of economic freedom, limited government, individual liberty, and a free society than Thomas Sowell." — @Mark_J_Perry buff.ly/2NEBgg9
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Free markets, free trade, and #capitalism propelled the US from a minor colony to a global economic superpower and the world’s largest economy, with dozens of metro areas that produce the equivalent to the GDP of some of the world’s largest countries. buff.ly/2OQSJol
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Only 52 US companies have been on the Fortune 500 since 1955, thanks to the creative destruction that fuels economic prosperity. buff.ly/2Xp3B18
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Release: Paul Ryan joins AEI as a distinguished visiting fellow buff.ly/2N81nh6
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Biden has a variety of options to both counter China and uphold human rights. Wavering on Uigher genocide is not one of them. buff.ly/3uhBQob
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"The entire Republican party was unprepared for actually winning the fight... over abortion... Some of them had been stuck in positions that were theoretical, that never had to be put to the political test in an actual election."
@RameshPonnuru on @TheLeadCNN with @jaketapper 📺
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The wage discrimination myth has made it to the Super Bowl because it has become an enthusiasm — with rallies, speak-outs, affinity networks, even its own holiday. The truth about pay disparities can hardly compete. @CHSommers bit.ly/2EatpV2
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Many Americans think poverty is a constant state for those who experience it. Many also think most poor people hold steady jobs. A new working paper suggests that both conditions are actually very uncommon. buff.ly/2yIZnCz
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.@Mark_J_Perry's “bar chart race” visualization shows the world’s top ten manufacturing nations by share of world factory output from 1970 to 2017. buff.ly/2JwvXy8
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Subsidized loans drive up tuition far more than other forms of student aid. How is that progressive? bit.ly/2sbgNnj
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Prediction: No 2017 graduation speaker will mention this – the growing ‘gender college degree gap’ favoring women bit.ly/2qaRMcy
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What’s keeping you from finding love?
New data show when it comes to dating dealbreakers, the only things less desirable than being a Trump supporter are smoking, unemployment, or long distance.
@dcoxpolls’s research identifies least appealing traits for potential partners👇
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"Capitalism turns luxuries into necessities. Socialism turns necessities into luxuries." bit.ly/2isxCdc
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A state of constant conflict is a major source of stress and unhappiness for millions. Is there a solution? @arthurbrooks & The Dalai Lama believe the answer is yes. buff.ly/2XPI6mF
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JUST RELEASED: A detailed budgetary projection and analysis from AEI's Elaine McCusker and Fred Kagan finds that the aid the US currently provides to Ukraine would be dwarfed by the costs of a victorious Russia.
It would cost the US $808 billion over 5 years if Ukraine loses.
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Prediction: No 2017 graduation speaker will mention this – the growing ‘gender college degree gap’ favoring women bit.ly/2r4kREl
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Women earned the majority of doctoral degrees in 2016 for 8th straight year & outnumber men in grad school 135-100. bit.ly/2ALUAPP
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This map really puts America’s ridiculously large $18T economy into perspective. ow.ly/t16Y3015Jrw
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FACT: The vast majority of military aid to Ukraine has stayed in the US, supporting American workers and modernizing an atrophied US defense manufacturing base.
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Dr. Fauci: China delayed our understanding of COVID-19’s efficient transmissibility buff.ly/3a86Tas
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"Russian strategy has been rewarded for holding out until Western support faltered. There should be no reason to expect Vladimir Putin to compromise on his objective of Ukrainian destruction," writes AEI's Kori Schake.
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As @ZelenskyyUa is named @TIME’s 2022 Person of the Year, we’re flashing back to @KoriSchake’s visit with the Ukrainian president in September. She described him as “historic in his own time—brave, smart, funny, and incredibly inspiring.”
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America’s future depends on Congress. But today, Congress is increasingly polarized and ineffective.
Phil Wallach's forthcoming book 'Why Congress' examines the history of Congress & offers solutions to work through our toughest political problems🎥
Pre-order your copy today.
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• HIMARS from Florida
• C-4 from Tennessee
• Abrams tanks from Ohio
Ukraine aid is invigorating 122 defense production lines across 65 congressional districts, even in those whose representatives voted against it.
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🚨 NEW AT AEI 🚨
Can't get enough of AEI podcasts? We're bringing Banter, What the Hell Is Going On, and Eastern Front to YouTube, too!
Check it out👇
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Women earned the majority of doctoral degrees in 2016 for 8th straight year & outnumber men in grad school 135-100. buff.ly/2D8ks9z
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Is it time for a new system of government?
@jaycost's "Democracy or Republic?" makes the case for a renewed hope in America's political system.
Order your copy today!
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It’s difficult to even comprehend the enormous size of America’s economy. @Mark_J_Perry bit.ly/2rn0eUZ
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Chart of the day, or... of the century?: Price changes 1997 to 2017
from @Mark_J_Perry @AEIdeas buff.ly/2GYZCiU
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What are the 'America First' reasons for supporting Ukraine?
Watch the full video series on YouTube as @marcthiessen outlines 10 reasons for America to support Ukraine 👇 piped.video/jCkqlgKLcOs
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The current zones of control in Syria, per AEI's @criticalthreats and @TheStudyofWar.
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After Canada, it is time for the EU’s Magnitsky Act. @DaliborRohac bit.ly/2lMOc8o
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‘Victim Feminism’ and Sexual Assault on Campus | @CHSommers Q&A in the NYT. nyti.ms/2xYyb13
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.@mike_mazza: Beijing should be stripped of hosting the 2022 Winter Olympics to best ensure the health and safety of athletes, officials, journalists, and spectators and to hold China accountable for its many misdeeds. buff.ly/3sUcknL
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Animated chart of the day: US state job growth, 1990 to 2019 buff.ly/2YrhmMq
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This week we had Equal Pay Day, but the next ‘Equal Occupational Fatality Day’ will be on January 21, 2029. ow.ly/K6DN30ay9HI
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How was 80% of the world’s worst poverty eradicated in less than 40 years? Free market capitalism. bit.ly/2uhCtPB
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AEI's @MichaelRStrain: These tariffs will reduce manufacturing employment. They will reduce the competitiveness of American manufacturing firms. They will raise prices for consumers. They will increase unemployment. If they are not scaled back, they will likely cause a recession.
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To snuff out the pandemic as quickly as possible, national pharmacy chains should be allowed to play a role in getting shots in arms, argues @ScottGottliebMD. buff.ly/3odIXu9
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This map really puts America’s ridiculously large $18T economy into perspective. ow.ly/xAZw3010WrQ
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It’s difficult to even comprehend the enormous size of America’s economy. @Mark_J_Perry bit.ly/2qJ34WW
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An AEI report from @ScottGottliebMD et al. provides a roadmap for navigating #COVID19, outlining the steps that can be taken as transmission is brought under control, with measurable milestones for reopening America for businesses & families:
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.@ScottGottliebMD: It’s time to start testing patients with unexplained pneumonia, even if they haven’t traveled to China. buff.ly/2Svgtxx
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🚨BIG NEWS🚨
Matthew Continetti has been named the Director of Domestic Policy Studies at AEI.
"Amid divides on the political right, the country urgently needs AEI’s creative thinking, impartial scholarship, and principled policy solutions," said @continetti.
Details below 👇
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The truth is that most black men will not be incarcerated, are not unemployed, and are not poor. In fact, millions of black men are flourishing in America today. buff.ly/2EhytYm
ALT A father and son sit on a park bench admiring one another
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"Protectionist measures have been tried, and tried, and tried again: for low-tech and high-tech products, by Democratic and Republican administrations, in booms and in busts... In advancing the interests of Americans as a whole, its record is one of almost unrelieved failure."
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Yes, Russian reserves should be seized.
From AEI's @MichaelRStrain.
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Check it out: America's ridiculous $19 trillion economy shown by comparing the GDP of US metro areas to countries bit.ly/2A3rxeh
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"I suggested that more balance was needed in academic programming. Within hours, my office door and surrounding corridor was vandalized." buff.ly/2RkBTM5
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A different kind of #inequality: Men are 12X more likely than women to die from their jobs. ow.ly/ZdRSb
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Bono: America is ‘an idea.’ That’s how we see you around the world, as one of the greatest ideas in human history buff.ly/2zqoNs8
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Join Robert Doar as he sits down with the nation’s most preeminent policy experts to explore the issues facing America today.
Tune in to One on One with Robert Doar - for insights into the issues!
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A new study finds that in-person instruction presents the same risk of fatality as driving alone in a car for 16 miles, a level of risk that many teachers took while driving to school-reopening protests. buff.ly/34gTOv4
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"In journalism, going back and substantially “fixing” your copy without alerting readers to what you’ve changed and why is a huge no-no.
But this is much, much worse." @JonahDispatch buff.ly/3kNd49C
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All of us are immensely proud of @ScottGottliebMD, an AEI scholar since 2003. In addition to his many accomplishments, he was recently named No. 24 in @Mediaite's Most Influential in News Media 2021. buff.ly/3qc6iyw
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Amazon does not need the Post Office; the Post Office needs Amazon. buff.ly/2IfMVx8
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