AEI This Week
Nov 14, 2020
AEI's weekly digest of top commentary and scholarship on the issues that matter most
 
 
A strong but frustrated China poses a special kind of danger
 
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The frustration of the Chinese Communist Party’s grand plans by internal weakness and decay will still be a nightmare for the US and its allies, writes Dan Blumenthal.
 
 
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‘Failed state’ America just ran a great election and produced an impressive vaccine advance
 
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James Pethokoukis notes that the US just conducted a high-turnout election during a worsening pandemic and has supported the private sector's development of a successful COVID-19 vaccine.
 
 
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Teachers unions have kept schools closed. Now they want more money?
 
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Teachers unions have demanded fewer hours and reduced expectations while our most vulnerable students are left to muddle through virtual school, explains Frederick Hess.
 
 
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The 2020 election was not primarily about Trump as a person
 
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Joe Biden will have the challenge of finding common ground with all Americans, but he's already taken the right steps, says Samuel Abrams.
 
 
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Scott Winship on income inequality, poverty, and social mobility
 
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On this episode of "Banter," Scott Winship joins Robert Doar and Phoebe Keller to talk about economic inequality and poverty in America.
 
 
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AEI Political Report: Exit poll compilation
 
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Twenty20
 
Karlyn Bowman, Jacqueline Clemence, and Samantha Goldstein examine exit poll results from 1972 to 2020, showing how different demographic groups have voted over time. 
 
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