That we have forgotten the importance of disagreement in our constitutional order reflects how far we have drifted from our founding values on the eve of America’s 250th anniversary. AEI Domestic Policy Studies Director Matthew Continetti identifies troubling recent examples of Democrats and Republicans misunderstanding the universal basis of American freedom and nationhood.
This drift is particularly evident in foreign policy, where President Donald Trump appears to be jettisoning America’s moral leadership by courting the favor of authoritarian regimes. Historian of US grand strategy Paul Lettow predicts how future historians will assess this striking reversal of traditional priorities.
One of the most important things we can do to renew America’s promise is to tackle the housing affordability crisis that limits upward mobility. In a new paper, Arthur Gailes and AEI Housing Center Codirector Edward J. Pinto propose an innovative solution to this shortage in the Western United States: founding new cities on promising tracts of federal land.
Similar to the housing sector, overregulation has driven up the cost of American infrastructure, especially public transit buses. In a new AEI report, urban economics expert Edward L. Glaeser and coauthors develop three ideas that could significantly lower costs.
