AEI This Week
Mar 27, 2021
AEI's weekly digest of top commentary and scholarship on the issues that matter most
 
 
The assault on trust in our elections
 
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Republicans and Democrats both need to see the resulting crisis of confidence as a reason to recommit to our democracy and its institutions — to work together to restore public trust, reform our election systems where required, and abide by the outcomes our elections produce, writes Brad Raffensperger.
 
 
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America is petroleum-independent, for now
 
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Nicholas Eberstadt, Derek Scissors, and Evan Abramsky explain that the United States' newfound oil independence has greatly benefited the American economy and enabled much more foreign policy flexibility.
 
 
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Middle-class urbanism is the new heartland chic
 
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A new urban chic rooted in old values such as home, enterprise, and family may win the battle for footloose Americans looking to start anew after the pandemic, explain Ryan Streeter and Kawit Promrat.  
 
 
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The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on global industrial production
 
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Steven Kamin and John Kearns describe one of the first attempts to gauge the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the global trajectory of a key measure of economic activity — industrial production — throughout 2020.
 
 
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A man-made disaster at the border
 
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Matthew Continetti writes that what’s happening on the southern border is the most preventable emergency in years. And Joe Biden created it.
 
 
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The 2020s tri-service modernization crunch
 
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Congress, the White House, and the armed forces should take swift and bold action to address the modernization crunch, including relieving pressure on procurement spending, accelerating the fielding of advanced technologies, and reducing mission demands in the short to medium term to avoid overtaxing the existing force and its combat power, explains Mackenzie Eaglen.
 
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