In the latest AEI Political Report, the AEI Politics team looks at at the new phase of 2012 campaign from a variety of angles. 

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While policymakers stayed relatively quiet last week, financial markets had their biggest rally of the year.

A brief analysis of current public opinion on job satisfaction,vacation time, and more.

Can our kids afford to take summer vacation?

Charles Murray proposes four original solutions in response to the problems posed by the growing class divide among whites in America, as detailed in his bestselling book, "Coming Apart".

Other than serving as a portion of the organized cheering section for the United Nations, this Inter-Parliamentary Union meeting was noteworthy for how little was accomplished.

Response to Jeffrey Keefe’s review of “Assessing the Compensation of Public School Teachers.”

Public school teacher compensation is roughly 50 percent above private sector levels. In addition to merit pay, fundamental reforms to help schools hire, promote and fire teachers according to the best interests of students is needed.