AEI's John Makin examines the consequences of German deflationary policies and Greece's probable exit from the eurozone in the latest Economic Outlook.

This is the season of generational twaddle. At graduation ceremonies across the country, politicians, authors, actors, and businessmen take to the stage to tell young people they are fantastic simply because they are young. This year, the ritual is more pathetic than usual because there’s a presidential election in the offing.

President Obama’s reelection largely hinges on his ability to play young voters for suckers — again — and whether Mitt Romney will let him.In 2008, Obama won the youth vote by better than a 2–1 margin, 66 percent to 32 percent. Even more impressive, he actually expanded the...

The Republicans have been losing the young vote since the early nineties due to their association with failure and embarrassments.

Greece's economic and political unraveling could not be coming at a worse moment for President Obama. The crisis has the potential to send shock waves not simply through Europe but also through global financial markets on the very eve of the U.S. presidential election.

If the Republicans want to win the next mid term elections, they have to cuddle up to new voters.

AEI public opinion expert Karlyn Bowman and researcher Andrew Rugg present their newest study on public attitudes towards energy policy and environmental issues, including key findings on Keystone XL and global warming.