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The year 2026 marks the 250th anniversary of American independence, yetthe founding is controversial now in ways it has not been in decades. TheAmerican Enterprise Institute offers a major intellectual and educationalproject to reintroduce Americans to the unique value of their nationalinheritance. In the inaugural volume of an eight-book series, renowned historians andpolitical scientists explore what the contested idea of democracy meant tot...

Government Project tells the story of an attempt by theUS government to remake the lives of some of its citizens by establishing a cooperativefarm in Pinal County, Arizona, in 1937. These individuals were among the mostdesperately poor and disadvantaged in the nation. Casa Grande Valley Farms was an elaborate venture that providedthe Americans who volunteered to settle there with housing, work, and theopportunity to earn income. For five years...

Leon Aron chronicles the transformation of Russian politics and society under Putin. Through hundreds of Russian-language sources, Aron shows how Putin uses militarist propaganda and sanitized revisionist images of World War II, Stalin, and the Soviet Union to forge a nationalist and loyal core of his regime's support. Dr. Aron's analysis of Russian political culture helps us better understand Russia's revanchist tendencies, its invasion of Uk...

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From the American Enterprise Institute's leading Foreign and Defense Policy scholars, Defending Taiwan offers a road map for US policy to deter and defend against Chinese aggression toward Taiwan. The top experts explain why the US should care about Taiwan's sovereignty. They also examine the consequences of not defending the principles that the international order-which has made us safe and prosperous-relies on and what it would take to succe...

Published for the American Enterprise Institute."--Title page.

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The authors--economists and scientists--seek in various ways to make regulation more sensible and effective.

In response to the whirlwind electronics revolution of the 1990's, the European Union, Canada, and the United States launched new liberalization policies aimed at opening all telecommunications markets to competition. This report presents two views of the progress towards competitionone for North America and one for Europe.

The study analyzes and challenges the income inequality hypothesis, which purports to show that inequality in income-not poverty per se-is bad for people's health.

The political partition of the Korean nation, to which the modern world has grown so accustomed, will not last indefinitely. The permanent two-state system in Korea is, asserts Nicholas Eberstadt, an unsustainable proposition. In this volume he demonstrates how the events unfolding in the Korean peninsula over the past decade have been signaling, with mounting pitch and power, that the division of Korea has already reached the limits of its vi...

We are in the early years of a technological revolution arising from our understanding of the genetic meaning of life. Scientists' ability to manipulate and decode genes is advancing at an extraordinary pace - so fast we are often unprepared to handle the many vexing legal, economic, ethical and social issues they raise. The combination of genetic research and information technology raises often chilling questions of privacy and genetic discri...

This study examines the effect of existing regulations on US pharmaceutical firms. The author explores the indirect spillovers from the regulatory use of international price comparisons and the threat from parallel trade, concluding that competition promises more efficiency and incentives.

This book tackles a basic moral question: "Can a Christian work for a corporation?" Michael Novak's answer? "Yes!

One of the most complex areas of the US tax system is the treatment of business financing and investment decisions. Much of the complexity arises because managers try to minimize their firms' tax liability through tax planning. As the authors of this volume point out, these tax planning strategies could differ substantially if the United States undertakes fundamental tax reform. In this analysis of the consequences of proposed tax reforms, the...

What do ordinary Americans make of the vast sums paid to CEOs, media anchors, sports stars, and Hollywood entertainers? Are they more sensitive than in the past to disparities in income and wealth?Using the data from surveys of public opinion polls, the authors examine attitudes toward wealth. They look at general public satisfaction with material well-being. Central to this inquiry are beliefs about opportunity. Do Americans think it exists-f...

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Medical savings accounts (MSAs), an alternative to conventional health insurance, are designed to offer individuals the opportunity to save money while providing greater economic efficiency in the medical care sector. However, this study argues that MSAs are unlikely to lead to efficient spending.

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