AEI This Week
Dec 12, 2020
AEI's weekly digest of top commentary and scholarship on the issues that matter most
 
 
 
 
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Obama’s third term
 
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Joe Biden gives us the same team and plans as his former boss, but with more awkward presentation and additional scandal, writes Matthew Continetti. The third Barack Obama term is on track to be as disappointing as the first two.
 
 
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The economy needs more of the Paycheck Protection Program
 
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Congress needs to approve another round of small business aid, but it should change the structure of the original Paycheck Protection Program to focus more on smaller firms and help banks disperse loans more rapidly, explain R. Glenn Hubbard and Michael Strain.
 
 
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On COVID-19 vaccine, ‘get as many shots in arms as possible, right away’
 
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With the latest coronavirus wave producing record numbers of cases, hospitalizations, and deaths across the United States, the USA Today Editorial Board spoke with Scott Gottlieb.
 
 
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The soft bigotry of anti-racist expectations is damaging to black and white kids alike
 
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The antidote to racism is not anti-racism, writes Ian Rowe. It is a philosophy of humanism that celebrates and uplifts the inherent dignity in each individual.
 
 
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Frederick Hess on remote learning, woke teachers, and free speech in higher education
 
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Frederick Hess talks with Robert Doar and Phoebe Keller about remote learning during COVID-19, the 1619 Project’s woke curriculum in K–12 education, and free speech and student debt in higher education.
 
 
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research spotlight
 
 
A better bargain: How noncompete reform can benefit workers and boost economic dynamism
 
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A growing body of research finds that the pervasive use of noncompete agreements is negatively associated with wage growth, worker mobility, startup rates, and innovation activity, explains John Lettieri.
 
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