AEI This Week
Dec 19, 2020
AEI's weekly digest of top commentary and scholarship on the issues that matter most
 
 
 
 
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Iraq’s economic collapse could be Biden’s first foreign policy headache
 
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A new Iraq crisis is the last thing US President-elect Joe Biden needs. Unfortunately, it may be the first foreign policy problem he has to face, write Kenneth Pollack and Farhad Alaaldin.
 
 
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An exit interview with Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos
 
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Secretary Betsy DeVos shares some thoughts with Frederick Hess on her experiences, what she learned in office, and what advice she’d offer her successor.
 
 
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The antitrust cases against Facebook are weak on evidence and logic
 
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Mark Jamison explains that there is a lot of force behind the Federal Trade Commission’s and state attorneys’ general antitrust cases against Facebook. But antitrust has a tradition of evidence-based decision-making, and the evidence for these cases is weak.
 
 
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George Shultz helped democracy flourish in Asia
 
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Democracy expanded in Europe and Asia with George Shultz's careful statesmanship. We must remember his example, writes Paul Wolfowitz.
 
 
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Fixing job-based health insurance
 
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James Capretta explains that Congress must step in and modernize employer-sponsored insurance with stronger incentives for cost control. Firms should retain the power to pursue their own innovations and tailor their offering to their workers’ needs.
 
 
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Staying ahead of a slipping, skittish China
 
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Derek Scissors testified that to actively improve American competitiveness with China requires a comprehensive strategy and costly implementation.
 
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