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America at 250 An initiative by the American Enterprise Institute aimed at reintroducing Americans to the unique value of their national inheritance. The American Enterprise The American Enterprise publishes monthly, long-form opinion essays and commentary exploring pressing issues and ideas critical to a free society.
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Should We Close the US Department of Education?
4+ day, 3+ hour ago (289+ words) According to many in the Trump administration, closing the US Department of Education would increase efficiency, reduce bureaucracy, and give states more control over education. But according to opponents of the move, closing the Department would create a bureaucratic web…...
New Zealand’s New Dose of the Canberra Age-Gating Contagion Portends Political Purpose
1+ week, 3+ day ago (191+ words) The acid test of responsible regulation should be the efficacy of the policy, not its retail political appeal. Political courage requires putting social media age-gating proposals through proportionate policy analysis rather than profiting on the political popularity of imperfect laws....
A Huge Loss in Philadelphia
1+ week, 4+ day ago (433+ words) When my son was three, we packed the car on a cold fall day and drove to Philadelphia from New York. It was the first time I had a chance to take him to my hometown and show him a…...
A Primer on Private Student Lending in the Post–Grad PLUS Era
2+ week, 2+ day ago (1001+ words) The elimination of the Grad PLUS lending program in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act in July 2025 set the stage for a significant restructuring of the way students finance graduate and professional education in the United States. The private-lending sector…...
Waiting for the Trade Deficit to Go Away
1+ week, 6+ day ago (88+ words) Unfortunately, there is no sign that anything serious will be done to reign in the budget deficit. Indeed, there is the real risk that the need for increased defense spending in the wake of the Iran war will further increase…...
Inoculated Against Tyranny
3+ week, 2+ day ago (174+ words) The Fourth of July has come and gone, but let’s keep America’s 250th birthday party going. My unofficial contribution to the festivities was teaching a week-long course in July for the Hertog Foundation, where I am a board member and adviser....
The Cost of Lost Trust in Economic Statistics
3+ week, 3+ day ago (366+ words) Happy Thursday! In today’s newsletter, we examine public trust in official economic statistics, AI’s impact on the economy, and screen bans in K–12 schools. Don’t forget—subscribe and send DataPoints to a friend! Edited by Carter Hutchinson and Hannah Bowen....
Comment to the Department of Energy Proposed Rule: Energy Conservation Program: Procedures, Interpretations, and Policies for Consideration of New or Revised Energy Conservation Standards
3+ week, 5+ day ago (191+ words) The DoE analysis should incorporate into its analysis the adverse effects of energy conservation standards on the durability of appliances and other equipment. The energy savings threshold proposed by DoE for promulgation of standards is vastly too low. And DoE…...
A Historic Document for Mayor Mamdani to Read
3+ week, 5+ day ago (834+ words) Mayor Zohran Mamdani is on vacation, his office says. Yet if he gets back by this weekend it won’t be too late for him to view an extraordinary document that applied to one of his predecessors, Peter Stuyvesant, the first…...