Vice President Mike Pence took the stage in AEI's auditorium on Wednesday, December 14, to discuss his new book, So Help Me God (Simon & Schuster, 2022), in an Edward and Helen Hintz Book Forum with AEI President Robert Doar. Vice President Pence answered questions about his book and salient issues such as trade and strategic competition with China, Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and his relationship with President Donald Trump leading up to January 6, 2021.

In a new report, Scott Winship investigates the populist narrative that declines in men's earning prospects have driven the substantial decline in sole-breadwinner families. Measuring changes in men's material marriageability, Winship finds the social and cultural consequences of affluence more to blame for changes in family structure.

According to Michael R. Strain, new data from the Congressional Budget Office refute the conventional wisdom on stagnating incomes and rising inequality in America. "If the narrative choice is between 'growth' and 'stagnation,'" writes Strain, "the wage and income data point to the former."

The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) can set the parameters of 2024 defense spending during the upcoming "passback" review. John G. Ferrari argues that the OMB must use its authority to redress a $66 billion shortfall in total funding, increase service members' pay, and reform Pentagon policies that perpetuate underfunding.

Angela Rachidi contends that an October 2022 study—cited to support a permanent expansion of the child tax credit (CTC) during Congress's lame-duck session—contained profound scientific flaws. "Instead of revealing something about the CTC and food insufficiency, the study offers another example of bad science misinforming an important policy debate," writes Rachidi.