Working Paper
AEI Foreign and Defense Policy Working Paper Series
Can America continue to prosper, even if our country veers into an indefinite depopulation? The question is not as outlandish as you might think. For the first time in generations—since the Great Depression—the prospect of long-term population decline is again looming on the American horizon.
BY Nicholas Eberstadt ON 9 Apr 26
Working Paper
AEI Foreign and Defense Policy Working Paper Series
Overall, more than half of the countries benefiting from the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative remain in debt distress or at high risk for debt distress.
BY Brett D. Schaefer ON 8 Apr 26
Report
American Enterprise Institute
We find substantial, plausibly causal in-season effects showing that participation in structured, voluntary extracurricular activities improves attendance and demonstrating the role of student agency in showing up to school.
BY Nat Malkus + Sam Hollon ON 8 Apr 26
Working Paper
AEI Foreign and Defense Policy Working Paper Series
As congressional staff and stakeholders await detailed program and budget information from the Pentagon and other federal departments and agencies in the coming weeks, the following are a few initial observations on the requested defense budget and what to watch for as details are released and evaluated.
BY Elaine McCusker + John G. Ferrari + Mackenzie Eaglen + et al. ON 6 Apr 26
Report
2026 is shaping up to be the year (and hopefully decade) of: “Starter Homes” and “Small Lot, Small Lot, Small Lot.” As of today, 22 state legislatures have one or more bills pending, passed, or…
BY Edward J. Pinto ON 6 Apr 26
Report
Institutional investors have become a focal point in public debate over housing affordability, often portrayed as a major force driving rising home prices and limiting access to homeownership. Section 901 of the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act imposes a complex set of limits on the ability of large institutional investors (LII) owning 350 or more properties to freely purchase and own single-family rentals.
BY Edward J. Pinto + Tobias Peter ON 6 Apr 26
Report
You can real the full Pacific Center for Island Security Outlook here…
BY Zack Cooper ON 3 Apr 26
Report
American Enterprise Institute
Federal energy innovation policy will be most effective it is relatively narrowly focused, concentrating scarce innovation resources and limited executive authority on a few big opportunities.
BY David M. Hart ON 2 Apr 26
Report
Despite President Trump's promise to “bring back free speech to America,” his administration has expressly or allegedly engaged in five practices that involve a chilling effect on online expression.
BY Clay Calvert ON 1 Apr 26
