American Enterprise Institute

Between 2015 and 2024, homebuilders constructed about 750,000 starter homes, which was not enough to meet demand, but local land-use rules make it difficult to build more. AEI’s @TobiasPeterAEI and Edward J. Pinto explain how to build more starter homes.

I can’t prove that this is having an effect on global fertility, childbearing, or romance patterns, but I’ll be very interested in what historians look back on this and say, says AEI’s Nicholas Eberstadt about smartphones on @themimsshow

AEI’s @ConleyHeather1: This is also a strike against Russia and China, two countries that were strongly influencing Serbia. It’s certainly a win for the people of Serbia, but we’ll see how they govern from here. Big question marks to come.

Added staff, increased operational costs, and salaries are the top three reasons for rising costs at the colleges with the highest increases in tuition. AEI’s @PrestonCooper93 explains why colleges must explain themselves when their prices increase.

AEI senior fellow @ScottGottliebMD joins CNBC ‘Squawk Box’ to discuss the FDA’s new Rare Disease Framework Initiative and its guidance for developing drugs for unmet patient needs.

From January 2025 to June 2026, acquisition reform accounts for 49 percent of the Pentagon’s overall reform effort. AEI’s @MEaglen explains how the Pentagon can enact generational reforms that will endure.

AEI Senior Fellow @ScottGottliebMD joined CNBC’s Squawk Box to discuss the public-private effort to speed cancer vaccine development, this year’s flu season, and how hospitals are integrating AI.

AEI’s @MichaelRStrain: After adjusting for inflation, the average wage of American workers is up more than 40% relative to three decades ago. Are people doing better more broadly speaking? I think the answer is yes.

21% of American children suffer from obesity, and low-income children in the US have higher rates of obesity than middle- and high-income children. AEI’s @AngelaRachidi explains why preventing obesity has become the nutritional issue of our time.

AEI’s @MEaglen: The secretary is pushing hard on an open door with Congress, with stakeholders, with those in uniform to shake things up and change everything from the purchase of weapons systems to what the forces are focused on.