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

| May 27, 2014 | Poverty

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,...
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Tyler Castle
Tyler Castle is the director of AEI's Initiative on Faith & Public Life. He is a graduate of Westmont College and a former John Jay Institute Fellow.

A Response to the Critics of American Exceptionalism

| April 29, 2014 | Society

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...
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Tyler Castle
Tyler Castle is the director of AEI's Initiative on Faith & Public Life. He is a graduate of Westmont College and a former John Jay Institute Fellow.

Common Good #2 – Robert Doar

| April 18, 2014 | Podcasts, Poverty

Common Good #2 – Robert Doar
In this edition of “Common Good” we are joined by Robert Doar, the Morgridge Fellow in Poverty Studies at the American Enterprise Institute where he studies and evaluates how free enterprise and improved federal policies and programs can reduce poverty and provide...
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Tyler Castle
Tyler Castle is the director of AEI's Initiative on Faith & Public Life. He is a graduate of Westmont College and a former John Jay Institute Fellow.

We’re East of Eden, But It Is Still in Sight

| April 2, 2014 | Faith

We’re East of Eden, But It Is Still in Sight
I’m a big fan of classic literature. In part, I appreciate the aesthetic beauty of well-written prose. But even more so, I love how a compelling story can pry its way into the heart and imagination of the reader. A complex message becomes digestible when it is served...
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Tyler Castle
Tyler Castle is the director of AEI's Initiative on Faith & Public Life. He is a graduate of Westmont College and a former John Jay Institute Fellow.

What Is the “Good Life”?

| March 19, 2014 | Faith

What Is the “Good Life”?
A boy lies on a rickety bed in the only room of a grimy cottage. He is deathly ill and his family is impoverished and dysfunctional. The father is loving, but cowardly; the mother is mentally disabled and distant. And yet, as he slowly dies, a group of boys—who had...
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Tyler Castle
Tyler Castle is the director of AEI's Initiative on Faith & Public Life. He is a graduate of Westmont College and a former John Jay Institute Fellow.