AEI This Week
Jan 18, 2020
AEI's weekly digest of top commentary and scholarship on the issues that matter most
 
 
Libya explains why Turkey has no friends
 
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In a decade, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s foreign policies have left Turkey isolated in its neighborhood, explains Kori Schake.
 
 
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The why and how of market-driven medical care
 
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Advocates of market incentives in health care should focus their energy on two reforms that would make a real difference by making it easier for consumers to identify and obtain high-value, low-cost care, writes James Capretta. 
 
 
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A stunner in Taiwan
 
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Gary Schmitt writes that Taiwan's incumbent president, Tsai Ing-wen, was reelected in a landslide, totaling up a record presidential vote count of more than eight million and with a margin of nearly 20 points over Han Kuo-yu. It was an unprecedented swing.
 
 
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Child poverty in the US is at an all-time low, and saying otherwise does not help American families
 
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A comprehensive and honest look at child poverty in the US shows that American children are doing better than ever; this progress was at least partly due to safety-net program expansions for low-income children, explains Angela Rachidi.
 
 
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Why it’s not simple to just raise the corporate income tax
 
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The conventional wisdom is that Democrats will raise the corporate income tax rate if they win in 2020, writes Kyle Pomerleau. But Democrats will need to confront how the Joint Committee on Taxation will score their proposal, and they will face trade-offs.
 
 
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'Rethinking Reentry'
 
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The authors and researchers who contributed to this volume are optimistic that rigorous research and the competition of ideas from both sides of the political and ideological aisle will lead us to, if not “what works,” at least “what will work better” in prisoner reentry.
 
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