23 | October | 2012

Wednesday, June 19, 2013

FHFA house price index increases in August by 4.9% vs. last year, the largest year-over-year increase in six years

Mark J. Perry | October 23, 2012, 11:44 pm

The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) reported late today on its House Price Index (HPI) for August , based on the purchase prices of houses financed with Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac mortgages. The FHFA index of national home prices … read more >

Foreign and Defense Policy

Best of the foreign policy blogs (Post-debate edition)

Marc Thiessen | October 23, 2012, 1:08 pm

Here is the best of what AEI’s foreign and defense policy scholars are reading after last night’s presidential debate: Toby Harnden at the Daily Mail says Romney Passes the Test and Marches Onward Jennifer Rubin at the Washington Post’s Right Turn blog … read more >

Pethokoukis, Politics and Public Opinion, The Presidency

Obama, a product of George McGovern’s America

James Pethokoukis | October 23, 2012, 12:55 pm

The problem for Republicans, as a friend recently put it, is that the small George McGovern minority from 1972 is now a slight majority in 2012 America. That places a cap, for the moment at least, on how well a … read more >

Economics, Energy and the Environment

Two charts illustrate America’s energy boom

Kenneth P. Green | October 23, 2012, 12:15 pm

A new report by the research firm IHS documents America’s ongoing energy renaissance: These two figures from the report show how quickly things are changing. read more >

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Society and Culture, Education

The federal government should promote basic education research

Michael McShane | October 23, 2012, 11:42 am

In the debate last night, both candidates highlighted the important role of the federal government in promoting basic research. President Obama argued “if we don’t have the best education system in the world, if we don’t continue to put money … read more >

Carpe Diem

The great US shale-based energy revolution has revitalized the American economy since 2008, and it’s just getting started

Mark J. Perry | October 23, 2012, 11:17 am

IHS just released a new study titled ”America’s New Energy Future: The Unconventional Revolution and the US Economy,” about America’s shale-based energy bonanza and the resulting huge energy-driven stimulus to the US economy, which is a truly transformative revolution that has been covered extensively … read more >

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Economics, Monetary Policy, Pethokoukis

With Bernanke gone, here’s how Romney really could ‘end the Fed’ — at least as we know it

James Pethokoukis | October 23, 2012, 11:07 am

Fed watchers have long assumed that Ben Bernanke didn’t want a third term running the U.S. central bank. And today’s New York Times story certainly hardens that consensus view (via Reuters): Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has told close friends he … read more >

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Economics, Entitlements

Millennials ask: Nick Eberstadt on ‘A Nation of Takers’

Karin Agness | October 23, 2012, 10:59 am

Our Academic Programs team recently asked Nick Eberstadt, author of “A Nation of Takers: America’s Entitlement Epidemic,” questions on entitlement spending related to Millennials. Below is part one of our three-part series with Nick. read more >

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Foreign and Defense Policy

Benghazi: The focus of numerous attacks and a clear soft target

Reza Jan | October 23, 2012, 9:22 am

The September 11, 2012 attack on the US Consulate in Benghazi and the deteriorating situation in Libya was once again a political talking point in last night’s presidential debate on national security. As the argument rages over exactly what happened … read more >