With Matthew Continetti

2 months ago | aei.org | With Matthew Continetti |Michael Rosen |Matthew Continetti |Daniel Cox

In Like Silicon from Clay: What Ancient Jewish Wisdom Can Teach Us About AI, AEI Nonresident Senior Fellow Michael M. Rosen explores the intersection of ancient mythology and modern technology. As AI sparks fierce debate among policymakers, technologists, and philosophers, Mr. Rosen turns to centuries-old Jewish legends of golems, dybbuks, and maggids—creations that once symbolized human ingenuity and the dangers of unchecked power.

Apr 4, 2024 | aei.org | With Matthew Continetti |Roger Pielke Jr |Matthew Continetti |Karlyn Bowman

For years, American environmentalists held a largely pessimistic outlook on our planet’s future. But recently, the environmental movement has seen significant changes. Join Steven F. Hayward—a resident scholar at the University of California, Berkeley, who previously authored an AEI book on favorable environmental trends—for a presentation on how the trend data demonstrate the momentum of environmental progress in the US and around the world.

Mar 12, 2024 | aei.org | Eliana Johnson |With Matthew Continetti |Matthew Continetti |JAMES CAPRETTA

5:15 p.m.Opening Remarks:Matthew Continetti, Director of Domestic Policy Studies, American Enterprise Institute5:20 p.m.Panel DiscussionPanelists:James Bennet, Senior Editor, The EconomistEliana Johnson, Editor in Chief, Washington Free BeaconThomas Chatterton Williams, Nonresident Fellow, American Enterprise InstituteModerator:Charles Lane, Deputy Opinion Editor, Washington Post6:15 p.m.Q&A6:30 p.m.Adjournment

Jan 25, 2024 | aei.org | Ramesh Ponnuru |With Matthew Continetti |Michael Q. McShane |Frederick M. Hess

In the past few years, school closures, campus excesses, and declining test scores have erased the Democratic Party’s historic lead on education. As a frustrated public seeks a more promising way forward, how can the right best answer that call? In their new book, Getting Education Right: A Conservative Vision for Improving Early Childhood, K–12, and College, AEI’s Frederick M. Hess and Michael Q. McShane offer a robust, practical vision for educational improvement.

Nov 14, 2023 | aei.org | With Matthew Continetti |Matthew Continetti |Daniel Cox |W. Bradford Wilcox

Milton Friedman, a pivotal 20th-century economist, was crucial in shaping the turn toward free markets in the 1980s, leading to the moniker “the Age of Friedman.” In her new book, Milton Friedman: The Last Conservative (Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2023), Stanford University’s Jennifer Burns explores Friedman’s influential contributions to economic thought, intricate collaborations, and direct policymaking interventions, presenting a nuanced portrait of America’s first neoliberal and a...