Show Notes
Under what conditions can employers mandate vaccinations? Should abortion be a constitutional right? How malleable are our laws amid changing administrations? And is there a constitutional basis for race-based university admissions? AEI’s Adam White is joined by students at the University of Alabama to discuss some of the biggest Supreme Court cases this term. From examining the history of gun rights and abortion, to addressing race-based admissions into universities, government position, and private organizations, White provides a compelling look at judicial history, modern conversations, and implications for the future.
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Michael R. Strain is the director of Economic Policy Studies and the Arthur F. Burns Scholar in Political Economy at the American Enterprise Institute, where he studies labor markets, public finance, social policy, and macroeconomics. Before joining AEI, Dr. Strain worked in the Center for Economic Studies at the US Census Bureau and in the macroeconomics research group at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. He holds a PhD in economics from Cornell University. Dr. Strain is joined by Jake Kirshen of the University of North Carolina to discuss inflation, the national debt, and an economic policy perspective on our upcoming election. To learn more about AEI’s work on college campuses, visit our website. To learn more about Summer Honors Program, visit our page here.
Steven B. Kamin is a senior fellow at AEI, where he studies international macroeconomic and financial issues. Before joining AEI, Dr. Kamin spent 32 years at the Federal Reserve, directing the Division of International Finance, advising on international economic and financial policy matters, and representing the Fed before international groups such as the G7. He also served as a visiting economist at the Bank for International Settlements, a senior economist at the White House Council of Economic Advisers, and a consultant for the World Bank. Dr. Kamin is joined by Brady Nichols of the University of Michigan to discuss dollarization and Argentina’s economic policy. To learn more about AEI’s work on college campuses, visit our website here. To learn more about Summer Honors Program, visit our page here.
Alex Brill is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), where he studies the impact of tax policy on the US economy as well as the fiscal, economic, and political consequences of tax, budget, health care, retirement security, and trade policies. He also works on health care reform, pharmaceutical spending and drug innovation, and unemployment insurance reform. Brill is the editor of Carbon Tax Policy: A Conservative Dialogue on Pro-Growth Opportunities. He has testified numerous times before Congress on tax policy, labor markets and unemployment insurance, Social Security reform, fiscal stimulus, the manufacturing sector, and biologic drug competition. Mr. Brill is joined by Ryan Lawroski of the University of Michigan to discuss the single-payer health care system and drug costs. To learn more about AEI’s work on college campuses, visit https://www.aei.org/academic-programs/ To learn more about Summer Honors Program, visit https://www.aei.org/shp/
Christine Rosen is a senior fellow at AEI, who specializes in society and culture, as well as technology and culture. Dr. Rosen is concurrently a columnist for Commentary Magazine and a co-host of The Commentary Magazine Podcast, as well as a fellow at the University of Virginia’s Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture, and a senior editor in an advisory position at the New Atlantis. Dr. Rosen is joined by Ella O’Brien of Baylor University to discuss social media, media bias, and free speech. To learn more about AEI’s work on college campuses, visit our website here - https://www.aei.org/academic-programs/ To learn more about Summer Honors Program, visit our page here - https://www.aei.org/shp/ To read more about Christine Rosen’s Summer Honors course “Technology’s Challenge to Democracy” here - https://www.aei.org/technologys-challenge-to-democracy/
Zach Cooper is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, where he studies US strategy in Asia, including alliance dynamics and US-China competition. He also teaches at Princeton University and is currently writing a book that explains how militaries change during power shifts. Before joining AEI, Dr. Cooper was the senior fellow for Asian security at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), and has served on the National Security Council, as well as the Department of Defense. Dr. Cooper joins Nathan Lee from Baylor University to discuss deterrence and security in the Indo-Pacific. To learn more about AEI’s Summer Honors Program visit our website here - https://www.aei.org/shp/. To learn more about Zack's course on Indo-Pacific policy visit the course description page here - https://www.aei.org/china-and-competition-in-the-indo-pacific/