The U.S. economy has grown considerably over the past three decades. However, there is a prevailing sentiment that the middle class and the poor have been left behind. Our results show evidence of considerable improvement in material well-being for both the middle class and the poor over the past three decades.

Our current "Great Recession" has hit the poor and middle class hard, but does this short-term downturn in prosperity characterize the last three decades? Bruce Meyer from the University of Chicago and James Sullivan from the University of Notre Dame take the long view and argue that things are not as bad as we think.

In the next American Enterprise Debate, AEI Fellow Jonah Goldberg will argue that libertarians are part of the broader American conservative movement’s push for limited government. Matt Welch, editor in chief of Reason, will counter that libertarians offer a unique understanding of political life that makes libertarianism incompatible with conservatism. 

Given the extremely high research and development costs and the lack of a guaranteed return on that investment, questions have arisen in recent years about the value of pharmaceutical innovation.

If we want to improve U.S.intelligence, then we should fire the failures, get individuals to take responsibility for analyses, and reward independent thinking.

Gallup-poll date imply that the more lobbyists there are working in Washington, the lower will be Congress's approval.

The history of American politics in the twentieth century is primarily the story of two political movements: modern liberalism and conservatism.

DavidMoore's book is a lively account of the development of exit polls and of the blunders along the way.