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Posts by Tyler Castle

Tyler Castle is the director of AEI's Initiative on Faith & Public Life. He is a graduate of Westmont College (political science), a former John Jay Institute Fellow, and a former intern for Rep. Bill Huizenga (R-MI) and AEI’s Values & Capitalism program. He writes regularly on issues of society, faith, and politics, and he is the former cocaptain of the championship-winning AEI softball team.
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Steady Faith: How Life Is Like a Plane Ride

I was more jittery than usual on a recent flight. With every bump, dip, and change of incline, I felt twinges of genuine fear. If you’re anything like me, at 30,000 feet a small lurch due to turbulence can have you envisioning catastrophic engine failure and a...

Is Cash With No Strings Attached the Answer to Poverty?

Writing for Vox, Dylan Matthews recently shared “more evidence that giving poor people money is a great cure for poverty.” His sarcastic observation is backed by a pair of studies. One found that Kenyans who received cash with no strings attached, “built more assets,...

Values & Capitalism on Campus: Seattle Pacific University

On May 29th, 2014 our program development associate accompanied AEI scholar Andrew Biggs on a visit to Seattle Pacific University. Over dinner with Professor Geri Mason’s Intermediate Macroeconomics class, Dr. Biggs answered questions on a wide-range of topics,...

Why Government Redistribution Won’t Cut It in the War on Poverty

At Values & Capitalism’s event on poverty a few weeks ago, a member of the audience asked: “Why do we have to accept capitalism as being a better approach to solving poverty than government?” Without wanting to be dismissive of the question, here’s why: First,...

A Response to the Critics of American Exceptionalism

In a February National Journal article, Peter Beinart declared “the end of American exceptionalism.” He joined many others who have come to eschew a belief in America’s greatness. I will say, this is not necessarily a bad thing. In many ways, it is a realistic...