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AEI Economics: Experts, Highlights, and Headlines

By AEI

August 12, 2016

Economic policy scholars

Kevin Hassett
Director, Economic Policy Studies
Research areas: Tax and fiscal policy, US economy, stock market

 

Claude Barfield
Resident Scholar
Research areas: International trade, GATT/WTO system

 

Alex Brill
Resident Fellow
Research areas: Health care/tax policy, US economy, retirement issues, Pharmaceutical industry, labor

 

Matthew Jensen
Managing Director, Open Source Policy Center
Research areas: US economy, Tax policy, Tax and budget issues, Public finance

 

Desmond Lachman
Resident Fellow
Research areas: Eurozone crisis, IMF

 

Aparna Mathur
Resident Scholar
Research areas: Tax, labor markets, inequality

 

Mark J. Perry
Scholar
Research areas: Financial markets, US economics, Energy and innovation

 

Edward Pinto
Resident Fellow, Codirector of International Center on Housing Risk
Research areas: Mortgage finance, FHA, US housing

 

Vincent Smith
Visiting Scholar
Research areas: Agriculture, crop insurance, farm subsidies

 

Stan A. Veuger
Resident Scholar
Research areas: Economic and political behavior, impact of economic uncertainty

 

Peter Wallison
Senior Fellow, Arthur F. Burns Fellow in Financial Policy Studies
Research areas: Wall Street Regulations, Dodd Frank Act, Housing Bubble, GSEs

 

Weifeng Zhong
Research Fellow
Research areas: Macroeconomics, political economy

Michael R. Strain
Deputy Director, Economic Policy Studies, Resident Scholar
Topics: US economy, Labor economics, Federal budget

 

Andrew Biggs
Resident Scholar
Tags: Social security reform, public & private sector compensation, public pensions

 

Edward Conard
Visiting Scholar
Tags: US economy, business innovation, finance and startups

 

Paul Kupiec
Resident Scholar
Research areas: Federal Reserve, Basel II, Wall Street and banking, systemic risk

 

Adam Lerrick
Visiting Scholar
Research areas: International financial crises, sovereign debt, restructuring, capital markets, economic development, World Bank, IMF

 

Stephen Oliner
Resident Scholar, Codirector of AEI’s International Center on Housing Risk
Research areas: Federal reserve, US economy, housing sector

 

James Pethokoukis
DeWitt Wallace Fellow, Editor, AEIdeas
Research areas: US economy, US politics

 

Vincent Reinhart
Visiting Scholar
Tags: Monentary policy, global financial markets, international trade

 

Phillip Swagel
Visiting Scholar
Research areas: Financial markets reform, taxes, international trade, financial crisis

 

Alan Viard
Resident Scholar
Research areas: Federal tax and budget policy, corporate tax policy

 

Wendall Willkie II
Visiting Fellow
Research areas: Corporate governance, shareholder activism

 

Benjamin Zycher
Resident Scholar, John G. Searle Chair
Research areas: Corporate governance, shareholder activism


Headlines and Highlights

How the rise of online retailing is affecting the US economy
James Pethokoukis, AEIdeas
Two charts and a summary from JPMorgan on the measurement, growth, and broad economic impact of online retailing.

Let nuclear power play a role in reducing greenhouse gas emissions
Mark J. Perry, The Hill
Currently, nuclear energy is at a disadvantage in states with renewable portfolio standards requiring that solar, wind, and other renewables supply up to 50 percent of the power.

If you believe a President Trump could not stop regulation, think again
Peter Wallison, AEIdeas
It was certainly true, before the Obama administration, that presidents encountered spirited opposition if they ever attempted to interfere with the independent regulatory agencies. But that was then and this is now.

Trump’s childcare plan fails low-income taxpayers
Aparna Mathur, AEIdeas
In his economic speech yesterday, Donald Trump suggested an outline of his childcare plan: allow parents to fully deduct the average cost of childcare spending from their taxable incomes. One problem with this approach is that in 2015, according to the Tax Policy Center, about 45% of all taxpayers had zero or negative individual income tax.

 

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