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.
00:00 - 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
- 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
- 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
- "Capitalism turns luxuries into necessities. Socialism turns necessities into luxuries." bit.ly/2izrboP
- 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.
- 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
- President George H. W. Bush’s handwritten note to incoming President Bill Clinton is a model of political civility. ow.ly/asQ5308awdE
- Prediction: No 2017 graduation speaker will mention this – the growing ‘gender college degree gap’ favoring women bit.ly/2rYrY2t
- '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
- 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
- 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
- More than half of young Germans do apprenticeships. Why don't Americans? bit.ly/2tnaIE1