Policy Priorities and the Election: Evidence from Five States

The American Action Forum (AAF) has undertaken a series of reviews and comparisons of the campaign policy platforms of President Trump and former Vice President Biden. What issues do the voters care about most? What policies will they support? Reject?

COVID-19: Impact and Response

COVID-19: Impacts and Responses provides a roundup of AAF’s insights on the coronavirus pandemic. AAF experts are analyzing both the pandemic’s health and economic impacts and the government’s response. Check back often for insight on the latest developments.

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 […]

The AAF Exchange

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Policy Priorities and the Election: Evidence from Five States

The American Action Forum (AAF) has undertaken a series of reviews and comparisons of the campaign policy platforms of President Trump and former Vice President Biden. What issues do the voters care about most? What policies will they support? Reject?

October 23, 2020

Insight

The One Trillion Trees Initiative

Ewelina Czapla

Executive Summary President Trump last week issued an executive order that creates a council to implement the One Trillion Trees Initiative. The…

October 23, 2020

Weekly Checkup

The Story of ACA Premiums Under Trump

Christopher Holt

It’s that time of year when summer fades into fall and health policy wonks turn their attention to parsing insurer filings for the upcoming 2021 plan…

October 23, 2020

The Daily Dish

Policy Priorities and the Election – Evidence from Polling

Douglas Holtz-Eakin

Eakinomics: Policy Priorities and the Election – Evidence from Polling Sometimes it is a good idea to ask the customer what they want. This lesson…

October 22, 2020

Multimedia

The AAF Exchange — Ep. 53: The State of Health Coverage in 2020

Christopher Holt

In this episode of the AAF Exchange, AAF Director of Health Care Policy Christopher Holt discusses the potential outcomes for the Affordable Care Act in California…

October 22, 2020

Insight

Policy Priorities and the Election: New Evidence from Five States

Douglas Holtz-Eakin

At the beginning of October, the American Action Forum (AAF) repeated state-level polling in an effort to gauge the solid and shifting opinions of the…

October 22, 2020

Research

The Health Care Choices Proposal

Douglas Holtz-Eakin, Christopher Holt

In October, the Health Policy Consensus Group released a health care reform plan called “The Health Care Choices Proposal.”[1] The stated purpose of…

October 22, 2020

The Daily Dish

Google

Douglas Holtz-Eakin

Eakinomics: Google The big tech story of the week is the Department of Justice (DOJ) antitrust lawsuit against Google. (Just for fun, Google “Google…

October 21, 2020

Multimedia

(CLIP) A COVID-19 Relief Package — Yahoo! Finance

Douglas Holtz-Eakin

AAF President Douglas Holtz-Eakin discusses whether Congress will pass another COVID-19 relief package before the election and how another relief package…

October 21, 2020

The Daily Dish

Revisiting Stimulus and the Great Recession

Douglas Holtz-Eakin

Eakinomics: Revisiting Stimulus and the Great Recession There has been a steady drumbeat of calls for additional “stimulus” to counter the fallout…

October 20, 2020

Insight

What Does the Department of Justice Case Against Google Mean for Calls to Break Up Big Tech?

Jennifer Huddleston

Executive Summary The Department of Justice and the Republican attorneys general of 11 states filed an antitrust case against Google alleging that…

October 20, 2020

The Daily Dish

Biden, Climate-Change Policy, and the Economy

Douglas Holtz-Eakin

Eakinomics: Biden, Climate-Change Policy, and the Economy Policies toward clean energy, greenhouse gas emissions, and climate change are of increasing…

October 19, 2020

Week in Regulation

EPA Rule Leads Deregulatory Week

Dan Goldbeck, Dan Bosch

Following a three-week stretch that included billions and billions and billions of dollars in net costs, this past week saw rulemaking balance shift back…

October 19, 2020

The Daily Dish

Biden’s “Tax” Plan and “Growth”

Douglas Holtz-Eakin

Eakinomics: Biden’s “Tax” Plan and “Growth” Okay Eakinomics fans, fire up the coffee and buckle in. The presidential campaign has finally…

October 16, 2020

Weekly Checkup

Reports of Obamacare’s Death Are Greatly Exaggerated

Christopher Holt

Much of official Washington—and probably at least one or two other people somewhere in the rest of the country—was glued to the TV this week watching…

October 16, 2020

The Daily Dish

Deregulation Unearthed by the Pandemic Response

Douglas Holtz-Eakin

Eakinomics: Deregulation Unearthed by the Pandemic Response Tracking the regulatory state during the Trump Administration has been fascinating. The…

October 15, 2020

Multimedia

The AAF Exchange — Ep. 52: The Economic Impact of the COVID-19 Crisis (Pt.28)

Douglas Holtz-Eakin

AAF President Douglas Holtz-Eakin discusses growing concerns about a second wave of coronavirus infections, the latest on business closings and cutbacks…

October 15, 2020

Multimedia

(CLIP) Economic Recovery & The State of Vaccine Development — Bloomberg

Douglas Holtz-Eakin

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October 15, 2020

Insight

Temporary COVID-19 Rules that Are Candidates for Permanent Relief

Dan Bosch, Bernard Zamaninia

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Congress is floating ideas for a commission-based mechanism to create permanent regulatory relief from rules relaxed during the…

October 15, 2020

The Daily Dish

The Gig Economy, Pandemic, and Policy

Douglas Holtz-Eakin

Eakinomics: The Gig Economy, Pandemic, and Policy The so-called gig economy has waxed and waned as a focus of public policy in recent years. For those…

October 14, 2020

Multimedia

(CLIP) Another COVID-19 Relief Package — Fox Business

Douglas Holtz-Eakin

AAF President Douglas Holtz-Eakin discusses whether Congress will pass another COVID-19 relief package and its potential provisions.

COVID-19: Impact and Response

COVID-19: Impacts and Responses provides a roundup of AAF’s insights on the coronavirus pandemic. AAF experts are analyzing both the pandemic’s health and economic impacts and the government’s response. Check back often for insight on the latest developments.

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