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Arthur Herman recounts President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s call to industrial business magnates William Knudsen and Henry Kaiser to leave their private sector positions and lead the U.S. war p…
1,808 viewsArthur Herman recounts President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s call to industrial business magnates William Knudsen and Henry Kaiser to leave their private sector positions and lead the U.S. war p…
1,808 viewsAuthors of a paper on health care reform presented their alternatives to the Affordable Care Act. The paper, written for the American Enterprise Institute focused on universal coverage and p…
471 viewsPanelists talked about 2012 voter blocs. Topics included which groups voted for which candidates, most important election issues, how soon voters made their ballot decisions, and some of the…
1,363 viewsPanelists talked about the 2012 presidential race, voting patterns, the latest polling results, and the closest Senate and House races. They discussed Ohio and its status as a “swing” state,…
1,187 viewsAmerican Enterprise Institute scholars talked about the Republican 2012 presidential primaries, and President Obama’s chances of reelection. Henry Olsen and Michael Barone debated the dynami…
780 viewsThe American Enterprise Institute’s election watch team talked about exit-poll results, reviewed important campaigns, previewed the new Congress, and looked at the future of the Republican, …
633 viewsParticipants spoke about the 2010 midterm election results, the potential impact of Republican control of the House on future legislation, Republican and Democratic legislative strategies, a…
736 viewsScholars at the American Enterprise Institute talked about the 2010 midterm elections. They discussed voter mood, the 112th Congress, and some of the tightest House and Senate races.
190 viewsSam Tanenhaus talked about his book The Death of Conservatism (Random House, 2009). In his book Mr. Tanenhaus gives an intellectual history of conservatism, saying that for seventy-five year…
1,156 viewsAbigail Thernstrom talked about the book she co-authored, Voting Rights--and Wrongs: The Elusive Quest for Racially Fair Elections, published by AEI Press. She argued that the 1965 Voting Ri…
254 viewsJohn Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge talked about their book God Is Back: How the Global Revival of Faith Is Changing the World (Penguin Press, April 2009). In their book they explore the…
651 viewsDavid Weinstein talked about the book he wrote with Christian Broda, Prices, Poverty, and Inequality: Why Americans Are Better Off Than You Think (American Enterprise Institute Press; Octobe…
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