3+ day, 11+ hour ago   (178+ words) Not so long ago, it seemed that the world was becoming more civilized. The end of the Cold War was supposed to bring the triumph of the rules-based order. Enlightened norms and cooperation, buttressed by a broad-minded superpower, would supplant…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (116+ words) American Enterprise Institute - AEI Can a Depopulating America Still Flourish? Can America continue to prosper even if it veers into an indefinite period of depopulation? The question is not as outlandish as you might think. For the first time in…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (78+ words) Continue reading at National Review… Mackenzie Eaglen, Senior Fellow Small fleets overburden key systems and crews with no margin for unexpected extensions of operations. BY Mackenzie Eaglen + Nicholas Carl ON 27 Jul 26 BY Mackenzie Eaglen + Brady Africk ON 2 May 25 To overcome…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (176+ words) AEI’s Nick Eberstadt told the RCP podcast on Tuesday that President Trump’s renewed interest in talks with Kim Jong Un is coming at a time when North Korea’s strategic position is better than it has been since the end of…...

3+ week, 1+ 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....

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (201+ words) Tehran still has the firepower — and the motive — to strike before the November vote. President Donald Trump dismissed the Iranian attack on the United Arab Emirates this week, declaring that though the Iranians “shoot a drone every once in a…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (496+ words) Don’t forget—subscribe and send DataPoints to a friend! Edited by Carter Hutchinson and Lexi Baker. Topline: The latest cost estimates for Operation Epic Fury, Operation Southern Spear, and the repair of bases and facilities in the Middle East total…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (377+ words) Happy Thursday! In today’s newsletter, we examine the economic and political implications of the ballooning US debt, Americans’ perspectives on and knowledge of US history, and the US-Iran peace deal. Don’t forget—subscribe and send DataPoints to a friend! Edited…...

1+ mon, 5+ hour ago   (1314+ words) Both arguments are persuasive as far as they go. Prices communicate scarcity and accommodate heterogeneous preferences. Aggregation reduces transaction costs and makes small amounts of distributed flexibility useful to utilities and system operators. Automation spares consumers from watching prices and…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago   (172+ words) AEI.org/housing | April 2025 The authors express their thanks to Karl Schneider, formerly an AEI Housing Center senior data analyst, for his research assistance. The authors have a financial relationship with Places Platform LLC, which is interested in meeting housing…...