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Homeless Man Takes Stand Against the Minimum Wage

| December 23, 2013 | Economics

While President Obama, fast food workers, and a majority of Americans insist on raising the minimum wage, a homeless man from Washington, D.C. disagrees. Jeffery Mcneil is a writer and vendor for Street Sense (a Washington-area, non-profit newspaper that provides...
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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.

The Damage of Regulation in the Healthcare Industry: Nothing New

| December 2, 2013 | Politics

The Affordable Care Act has been the focus of the media’s attention for months. As the website fails, premiums skyrocket, and millions lose their health insurance plans and doctors, a once polarizing bill has congregated Democrats and Republicans as they question the...
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Jessica Rabe
Jessica Lynn Rabe is a research associate at ConvergEx Group, a global brokerage company based in New York.

Gridlock or the Nuclear Option: A False Ultimatum

| November 28, 2013 | Politics

As many of you know, the U.S. Senate triggered the so-called “nuclear option” last week, which changes procedural rules by suspending the Senate minority party’s most precious bastion, the filibuster. Now, only a simple majority—rather than 60 votes—is needed to...
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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.

America’s Leadership Deficit

| October 18, 2013 | Politics

It’s finally over. After weeks of drama, late nights on Capitol Hill and an oversized helping of unproductive finger-pointing, our federal government achieved about as much as we should have expected: nothing. Add it to the list of policy debates our leaders in...
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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.