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2 weeks ago | 
aei.org | Kevin Corinth |Stan Veuger |Julia Cataneo
Last Friday, we showed that the Trump Administration’s tariff formula contained an error that made its calculated tariffs up to four times too large. The entire premise of the administration’s approach–that a country’s tariff and non-tariff trade barriers can be derived solely from the bilateral trade balance with that country, and that the goal of trade policy should be to avoid bilateral trade deficits altogether–makes no economic sense.
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3 weeks ago | 
thedispatch.com | Grayson Logue |Cole Murphy |Brian M. Riedl |Kevin Corinth
During a campaign rally in North Carolina last August, Donald Trump accused the Biden administration of cooking employment statistics, claiming his political opponent was trying to inflate job growth numbers until after the election. The comments came after the Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics issued a sizable downward revision to its employment estimates as part of the agency’s annual benchmarking to improve the accuracy of the monthly jobs reports.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
aei.org | Kyle Pomerleau |Kevin Corinth |Julia Cataneo
This week, Rep. Blake Moore (R-UT), member of the House Committee on Ways and Means, introduced the Family First Act. This bill would significantly increase the Child Tax Credit (CTC), modify or eliminate other family tax provisions, and make the cap on the state and local tax deduction permanent. Rep. Moore and other supporters of this bill argue that it is fiscally responsible: The bill is “fully offset” and would not add to the budget deficit.
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Nov 25, 2024 | 
aei.org | Kevin Corinth
Kevin Corinth, Deputy Director of the Center on Opportunity and Social Mobility, discusses social safety nets under the President-elect Trump’s administration on NPR’s ‘All Things Considered’
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Nov 19, 2024 | 
aei.org | With Robert Doar |Robert Doar |Kevin Corinth |Angela Rachidi
“Get the Jew”: The Crown Heights Riot Revisited, a new documentary from The Wall Street Journal Opinion, sheds light on the worst antisemitic riot in American history, which occurred in New York City in 1991. After a Hasidic Jewish driver accidentally hit and killed a black child, rioters attacked the local Jewish neighborhood in Crown Heights.
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Nov 14, 2024 | 
aei.org | John Fortier |J. Joel Alicea |Kevin Corinth |Angela Rachidi
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger is known nationally for his work on contested elections, most notably during the 2018 Georgia gubernatorial race between Brian Kemp and Stacey Abrams and the 2020 presidential election. Join us as Secretary Raffensperger, AEI’s John C.
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Oct 30, 2024 | 
aei.org | Kevin R. Kosar |Mackenzie Eaglen |J. Joel Alicea |Kevin Corinth
The Senate did not pass a budget resolution this spring, nor did it enact any of the dozen annual spending bills. The Senate’s most recent Calendar of Business lists 70 pages of bills on matters large and small awaiting votes. When the chamber is in session, it often spends its time voting on nominations instead. What has become of the world’s greatest deliberative body? What can be done to revive it? Join AEI’s Kevin R.
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Oct 18, 2024 | 
aei.org | Kevin Corinth |Zichu Yang
Earlier this week, scholars from the Ethics and Public Policy Center, the Niskanen Center, and other right-of-center organizations issued a memo calling for pro-family tax reforms during the upcoming debate over the future of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. While reasonable arguments can be made for most of their proposed reforms, their recommendation to phase in the Child Tax Credit on a per-child basis would lead their full package of reforms to worsen marriage penalties for working single mothers.
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Oct 16, 2024 | 
aei.org | Kevin Corinth
Despite improvements in material living standards, the erosion of social connections, civic engagement, and community ties has led to a decline in overall social wellbeing. New research reveals a complex relationship between economic and social factors, highlighting the need for a more comprehensive approach to addressing societal challenges.
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Sep 19, 2024 | 
aei.org | Kevin Corinth
Politicians, policy analysts, and advocates have proposed increasing the generosity of the Child Tax Credit (CTC), as a means of providing more resources to low-income families with children. Before deciding whether to expand the CTC and by how much, policymakers should be aware of existing tax and transfer policies that already provide a substantial amount of support for low-income families. Currently, the CTC has a non-refundable portion and a refundable portion.
