http://www.aei.org/views/images/accountRegistration/aeismall-reg.gif http://www.aei.org 50 50 AEI http://www.aei.org/article/society-and-culture/free-enterprise/aei-free-enterprise-forum/Please consider joining us July 26-27 for our first-ever AEI Free Enterprise Forum, held in Chicago, IL at the Four Seasons.

]]>2012-07-26 18:00:00http://www.aei.org/article/society-and-culture/citizenship/a-nation-of-takers-are-americans-getting-more-than-they-paid-for/America’s national debt now exceeds $15 trillion, which is roughly equal to the value of all goods and services the U.S. economy produces in one year. If left unchecked, America's debt will have catastrophic consequences for the future of the nation. How did we arrive at this point?

]]>2012-06-20 13:30:00http://www.aei.org/article/society-and-culture/free-enterprise/arthur-herman-freedoms-forge-how-american-business-produced-victory-in-world-war-ii/2012-05-21 09:32:00http://www.aei.org/article/society-and-culture/free-enterprise/true-fairness-means-rewarding-merit-not-spreading-the-wealth/Here’s the problem: The president never defines what he means by “fair.” And this is for a simple reason: his definition is simply not recognizable to most Americans.

]]>2012-05-21 05:59:00http://www.aei.org/article/society-and-culture/audio-monumental-fights-the-role-of-memorials-in-civic-life/2012-05-18 14:08:00http://www.aei.org/article/society-and-culture/citizenship/monumental-fights-the-role-of-memorials-in-civic-life/What do America’s memorials and monuments tell us about our nation and our identity as citizens? How should we memorialize past events and individuals?

]]>2012-05-18 10:00:00http://www.aei.org/article/society-and-culture/free-enterprise/the-road-to-freedom-how-to-win-the-fight-for-free-enterprise/This Bradley Lecture is based on Brooks’s new book, “The Road to Freedom: How to Win the Fight for Free Enterprise” (Basic Books, May 2012).

]]>2012-05-16 17:30:00http://www.aei.org/article/society-and-culture/audio-the-righteous-mind-what-can-moral-psychology-teach-us-about-politics/2012-05-16 14:54:00http://www.aei.org/article/society-and-culture/audio-libertys-refuge-the-forgotten-freedom-of-assembly/2012-05-16 14:23:00http://www.aei.org/article/society-and-culture/free-enterprise/brooks-road-to-freedom-the-free-market/2012-05-16 10:18:00http://www.aei.org/article/society-and-culture/free-enterprise/freedoms-forge-how-american-business-produced-victory-in-world-war-ii/In "Freedom’s Forge: How American Business Produced Victory in World War II," Pulitzer Prize finalist Arthur Herman describes how the U.S. won history’s greatest conflict by harnessing free market principles and private-sector creativity and innovation to increase war production.

]]>2012-05-14 17:30:00http://www.aei.org/article/society-and-culture/free-enterprise/fox-friends-from-spain-to-fighting-for-free-enterprise/2012-05-14 09:35:00http://www.aei.org/article/society-and-culture/free-enterprise/uncle-sam-or-uncle-sugar/ 

]]>2012-05-13 08:40:00http://www.aei.org/article/society-and-culture/where-did-the-land-go/Recognizing that the land is a gift, Duvall’s characters embrace redemption and service to self, to community, and (even when misguided) to God.

]]>2012-05-12 04:18:00http://www.aei.org/article/society-and-culture/the-righteous-mind-what-can-moral-psychology-teach-us-about-politics/Why can't our opponents be reasonable? In his new book, “The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion,” social psychologist Jonathan Haidt explores the origins of morality in our rapid and automatic moral intuitions.

]]>2012-05-11 12:00:00http://www.aei.org/article/society-and-culture/free-enterprise/arthur-brooks-on-stossel-serfdom-or-freedom/2012-05-11 10:16:00http://www.aei.org/article/society-and-culture/read-what-people-are-saying-about-the-road-to-freedom/2012-05-11 10:04:00http://www.aei.org/article/society-and-culture/free-enterprise/learn-with-the-aei-summer-institute/Learn along with the 2012 Summer Institute class!

]]>2012-05-10 11:31:00http://www.aei.org/article/society-and-culture/free-enterprise/the-fdr-lesson-obama-should-follow/ If President Obama still wants to turn our economy around, it's time for him to act more like Franklin Roosevelt-but not in the way he might think.

]]>2012-05-10 09:11:00http://www.aei.org/article/society-and-culture/america-and-the-value-of-earned-success/2012-05-09 09:13:00http://www.aei.org/article/society-and-culture/how-liberal-are-you-take-the-clich-quiz/2012-05-09 07:23:00http://www.aei.org/article/society-and-culture/free-enterprise/the-road-to-freedom/The Road to Freedom explains how mainstream Americans, who overwhelmingly support an opportunity society, can win power back in 2012. It will build on the key themes of The Battle by explaining how free enterprise principles can be translated into a governing philosophy, substantive policies, and tangible reform.

]]>2012-05-08 00:01:00http://www.aei.org/article/society-and-culture/race-and-gender/dna-links-prove-jews-are-a-race-says-genetics-expert/2012-05-07 08:15:00http://www.aei.org/article/society-and-culture/free-enterprise/first-make-the-moral-case-for-free-enterprise/Ready for the battle in November? You probably think I’m talking about the election. No, I’m talking about the battle around your Thanksgiving table. The dinner conversation will turn to politics and the economy, and it will be your job to stick up for capitalism and free markets.

]]>2012-05-07 05:35:00http://www.aei.org/article/society-and-culture/race-and-gender/the-case-against-the-paycheck-fairness-act/The Paycheck Fairness Act looks like common sense, but instead of helping women it will hurt all workers. The legislation, built on 30 years of spurious advocacy research, will impose unnecessary and onerous requirements on employers.

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