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The Journal of the American Enterprise Institute

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Reflections on the here and now.
Hispanic Graduation Madness Andrew Kelly 03/19/2010
How well do colleges designated by the government as ‘Hispanic-Serving Institutions’ actually serve Hispanic students? Not very well, it turns out.
Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor, Your Entrepreneurs Scott Shane 03/17/2010
Immigrant rates of self-employment vary widely across countries of origin.
Soul Music Roger Scruton 02/27/2010
How we describe pop music proves that we find moral significance in music. How do we tell what music we should and should not encourage?
A Green Future for Just Pennies a Day? Kenneth P. Green and Aparna Mathur 02/19/2010
Straightforward models suggest greenhouse gas controls will be anything but cheap, and they certainly won’t be easy.
The Genetics of Job Choice Scott Shane 02/16/2010
The aspects of work we prefer, our level of job satisfaction, our willingness to change jobs, and even our tendency to start our own businesses are all influenced by our genes.
The Quiet Energy Revolution Max Schulz 02/04/2010
How ironic that during the ‘drill, baby, drill’ demonstrations as gasoline prices spiked in 2007 and 2008, a silent revolution with natural gas was already underway that will make those concerns largely irrelevant.
Our Chemophobia Conundrum Seymour Garte, Ph.D. 02/02/2010
The false idea that our bodies have become ‘toxic waste dumps’ is not just wrong but counterproductive.
Truckin’ Ralph Kinney Bennett 01/22/2010
Lost in recent auto show buzz about the vehicles government and greenies think Americans should buy were reminders about what many Americans do buy.
A Man and His Plan Robert McHenry 12/30/2009
You have probably never heard of Francis Everett Townsend, but his enormous and controversial legacy is with us today.
The High Cost of Ignoring Beauty Roger Scruton 12/19/2009
Architecture clearly illustrates the social, environmental, economic, and aesthetic costs of ignoring beauty. We are being torn out of ourselves by the loud gestures of people who want to seize our attention but give nothing in return.