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The trend is undeniable: Americans are fleeing progressive states for conservative ones, and they are bringing their incomes with them. If blue state governors want to reverse this mass out migration, time is of the essence. Americans Are Fleeing Progressive Governors Vowing #Resistance —to Red States by Edward Pinto 🔗 https://lnkd.in/eHz6nZRG

In his first term, Donald Trump launched the United States’ tech competition with China through tariffs, subsidies, and export controls, especially on microchips, which continued during the Biden administration. Writing for the Financial Times, author of Chip War and AEI Nonresident Senior Fellow Chris Miller assesses how the second Trump administration might reset or intensify these policies.

For those of us who are troubled by populism, the upside of this recent history is that it confirms the temporary nature of the phenomenon. If US workers can experience, say, four or five years of solid real wage growth, populist sentiment should wane again, like it did before the pandemic. There is a crucial lesson for Republicans. Voters may be in the mood for a president who will experiment with trade wars and draconian immigration measures, but that could change faster than many think. If Republicans want to win again in 2028, they will need to embrace policies that make peoples’ lives better over the next four years. Populist policies do not work. Smart Republicans with an eye toward lasting political success will seek policies that do. My latest Project Syndicate column. https://lnkd.in/dYhGTjcT 

To fight growing degree inflation and graduate underemployment, policymakers and employers must help create noncollege pathways to success, argues Preston Cooper in Forbes.

In today’s DataPoints, we examine the exodus from blue to red states, 5 representatives who outran President-elect Donald Trump in close districts, and the broad consensus around high-skilled immigration.

How the Chip War could turn under Trump. My latest for the Financial Times https://lnkd.in/eChQFYtu

The history of the Supreme Court is not merely a catalog of momentous decisions; it encompasses the politics and personalities behind the cases, argues Adam White in The Wall Street Journal.

Generative artificial intelligence systems could unlock US productivity growth, but concerns about safety and economic dislocation might limit their potential. As a member of the National Academy of Sciences Committee on Automation and the US Workforce, AEI Economic Policy Studies Director Michael Strain contributed to a new report exploring what policymakers must do to ensure AI transforms the American workforce for the better.

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Some issues are deeply polarized, but it doesn’t have to be true for the complex set of issues that comprise energy policy—from emissions, to affordability, to reliability, to national security and geopolitics.