At the next American Enterprise Debate, held on Capitol Hill, Ruy Teixeira, senior fellow at the Center for American Progress and the Century Foundation, will argue that America's demography is shifting in a direction that permanently benefits the Democratic Party. AEI resident fellow Michael Barone will counter that neither party has a natural majority in an age of open-field politics.

AEI Scholar Roger Scruton and Tyler Cowen will debate whether social media are enhancing or damaging human relationships.

The American Enterprise Debates delve deeper into the core issues at the heart of our societal fabric. The series aims to challenge conventional wisdom and inform policy in a sequence of one-hour debates that center on simple yet provocative questions.

In our second debate, Douglas Holtz-Eakin, former chief economic policy adviser to Senator John McCain's 2008 presidential campaign, delivers a critique of the Federal Reserve's second round of quantitative easing, and John H. Makin, resident scholar in economics at AEI, counters in support of QE2 and the role monetary policy...

In our second debate, Douglas Holtz-Eakin, former chief economic policy adviser to Senator John McCain's 2008 presidential campaign, delivers a critique of the Federal Reserve's second round of quantitative easing, and John H. Makin, resident scholar in economics at AEI, counters in support of QE2 and the role monetary policy can play in economic recovery.

The widely acclaimed American Enterprise Debates returns with another big question for our times: how much quantitative easing is too much?

At our inaugural debate, Congressman Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), author of the "Roadmap for America's Future," will deliver the case for limited government and David Brooks, opinion columnist at the New York Times, will counter with the case for more "energetic" government. Arthur Brooks, president of AEI, will provide introductory remarks and moderate.

An uncorrected transcript with remarks from Arthur Brooks, David Brooks and Rep. Paul Ryan from The American Enterprise Debate: How Much Government is Good Government?