The Immigration Opportunity: Facts, Myths, and Reforms

Everybody wants a stronger economy: growing wages, more jobs, entrepreneurial vigor, and companies that are the envy of the world. Legal immigration can contribute to all of these goals. The United States does not need to fear immigrants, but it should reform the immigration system to focus on economic skills rather than family ties. Doing […]

COVID-19 Regulation Tracker

The COVID-19 pandemic triggered a dramatic regulatory response by the federal government. This response has taken many forms, including emergency declarations, relief aimed at sustaining payrolls, prohibitions of activity, and temporary waivers of regulatory requirements. The American Action Forum’s COVID-19 Regulation Tracker compiles federal actions related to the coronavirus published in the Federal Register and […]

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Center for Health and Economy

The Center for Health and Economy (H&E), a research initiative of the American Action Forum, is focused on providing accessible analysis on the outlook for the United States health care system. With the guidance of nationally recognized economic, budget, and public policy experts, H&E uses microsimulation models and health economics literature to evaluate the effects […]
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The Immigration Opportunity: Facts, Myths, and Reforms

Everybody wants a stronger economy: growing wages, more jobs, entrepreneurial vigor, and companies that are the envy of the world. Legal immigration can contribute to all of these goals. The United States does not need to fear immigrants, but it should reform the immigration system to focus on economic skills rather than family ties. Doing […]

May 17, 2021

Week in Regulation

COVID Continues to Leave Its Regulatory Mark

Dan Goldbeck, Dan Bosch

Even as broad safety guidelines regarding COVID-19 continue to loosen, federal agencies are still taking actions related to policy considerations surrounding…

May 17, 2021

Insight

Foreign-Derived Intangible Income Taxation – A Primer

Gordon Gray

The foreign-derived intangible income (FDII) provision of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) provides a new tax preference for locating mobile intellectual…

May 17, 2021

Insight

Tracker: The Federal Reserve’s Balance Sheet Assets

Thomas Wade

Introduction This tracker follows the Federal Reserve’s (Fed) total consolidated assets, held on its balance sheet, as the best indicator of the Fed’s…

May 17, 2021

The Daily Dish

Happy Tax Day

Douglas Holtz-Eakin

Eakinomics: Happy Tax Day Today is Tax Day 2021, delayed from April 15, presumably to commemorate the anniversary of May 17, 1769, when George Washington…

May 14, 2021

Multimedia

(CLIP) Federal Pandemic Unemployment Insurance — CNN

Douglas Holtz-Eakin

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May 14, 2021

Weekly Checkup

An Opportunity for Bipartisan Drug-Pricing Reform

Christopher Holt

A few weeks back, when the Biden Administration outlined its much-anticipated American Families Plan, it was notable that the president did not include…

May 14, 2021

Multimedia

The Immigration Opportunity: Reforming the Path to Legal Immigration

Douglas Holtz-Eakin

The debate surrounding immigration reform is just beginning. AAF President Douglas Holtz-Eakin sums up American Action Forum’s pro-growth proposal.

May 14, 2021

Multimedia

The TRIPS Waiver

Christopher Holt

AAF’s Director of Health Care Policy Christopher Holt explains why waiving TRIPS will not boost COVID-19 vaccine production and instead will have detrimental…

May 14, 2021

The Daily Dish

The Housing Boom

Douglas Holtz-Eakin

Eakinomics: The Housing Boom One of the signatures of the COVID-19 recession is its unevenness across sectors of the economy. While the services sector…

May 13, 2021

Multimedia

The AAF Exchange — Ep. 75: TRIPSing over IP Protections for COVID-19 Vaccines

Christopher Holt, Tom Lee

The Biden Administration made the controversial decision to support waiving certain IP protections for COVID-19 related drugs and products. AAF Analyst…

May 13, 2021

Infographic

Debunking Immigration Myths

Does immigration really hurt the U.S. economy? We examine some of the common arguments made against legal immigration.

May 13, 2021

Multimedia

The Immigration Opportunity: The Economic Benefits of Immigration

Douglas Holtz-Eakin

There’s more to immigration reform than legalization. AAF President Douglas Holtz-Eakin explains why immigration is the key to economic growth.

May 13, 2021

Research

Tax Day 2021: Despite Huge Paperwork Drop, Costs Stay Steady

Dan Bosch, Gordon Gray

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The total projected cost of Internal Revenue Service (IRS) paperwork is $191 billion annually – a small decrease from last year’s…

May 13, 2021

The Daily Dish

Inflation

Douglas Holtz-Eakin

Eakinomics: Inflation Eakinomics has had its eye on the inflation outlook for a while, but yesterday’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) report on…

May 12, 2021

Research

Tracker: Paycheck Protection Program Loans

Thomas Wade

Introduction The following tracker uses the most recent data from the Small Business Administration (SBA) to chart the allocation of Paycheck Protection…

May 12, 2021

Testimony

Legalizing Essential Workers and Immigration Reform

Douglas Holtz-Eakin

Testimony to the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, and Border Safety *The views expressed here are my…

May 12, 2021

The Daily Dish

Immigration Reform

Douglas Holtz-Eakin

Eakinomics: Immigration Reform Today I will be testifying at the Senate Judiciary Committee in a hearing by the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship…

May 11, 2021

Op-Ed

Jobs Report Shows More Stimulus Isn’t the Answer

Douglas Holtz-Eakin

Last Friday's highly anticipated Labor Department employment report for April showed that the economy did not create as many jobs as expected. In an op-ed…

May 11, 2021

Insight

CRA Tracker: Congressional Review Act in the 117th Congress

Dan Bosch

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Congressional Review Act (CRA) allows Congress to effectively void rules promulgated by federal agencies. Due to the CRA’s…

May 11, 2021

The Daily Dish

A Retrospective on the Paycheck Protection Program

Douglas Holtz-Eakin

Eakinomics: A Retrospective on the Paycheck Protection Program One of AAF’s most popular products, week in and week out, is Thomas Wade’s tracker on…

COVID-19 Regulation Tracker

The COVID-19 pandemic triggered a dramatic regulatory response by the federal government. This response has taken many forms, including emergency declarations, relief aimed at sustaining payrolls, prohibitions of activity, and temporary waivers of regulatory requirements. The American Action Forum’s COVID-19 Regulation Tracker compiles federal actions related to the coronavirus published in the Federal Register and […]

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