AEI This Week
Sep 05, 2020
AEI's weekly digest of top commentary and scholarship on the issues that matter most
 
 
‘Anti-racist’ education is anything but
 
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"Anti-racist" evangelists are creating an impossible dilemma for those fighting to expand opportunity for all children but unwilling to give a moral sanction to those who sow divisive, destructive calumny in the name of “justice,” explains Frederick Hess.
 
 
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Is China pivoting to the Middle East?
 
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Paul Wolfowitz explains that America's "Pivot to Asia" cannot be a pivot away from the Middle East — especially as China's interests and influence in the region grow.
 
 
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7 important updates in the Department of Defense’s 2020 China Military Power Report
 
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The Pentagon released the 2020 China Military Power Report, one of the leading sources of reliable information on China’s military, writes Zack Cooper. This year’s version provides a unique perspective on how China’s military has changed in the 21st century.
 
 
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Debunking 3 common antitrust myths
 
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Antitrust sometimes seems like an evidence-free zone. Some critics announce their opinions without evidence, and others support their opinions with arguments that are known to be flawed. When repeated enough, these unsupported arguments take the forms of myths that become part of antitrust folklore. Mark Jamison gives three examples of such myths.
 
 
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Incentivize individual agency to achieve upward mobility
 
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Today’s public discourse is dominated by the disempowering narrative that a black person can do nothing individually to close the racial wealth gap. And yet, there are decisions within the control of black kids — and children of all races — that can increase their likelihood to achieve improved economic outcomes, writes Ian Rowe.
 
 
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Separating myth from fact about the troubles of the Postal Service
 
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Twenty20
 
Kevin Kosar explains that the US Postal Service will not run out of money in the foreseeable future. It has more than $13 billion in cash and a new $10 billion borrowing line with the US Treasury. The agency’s mail collection, sorting, and delivery network also has more than sufficient aggregate capacity to handle the ballots issued and cast by mail.
 
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