The AAF Exchange

You wondered. We explained. AAF experts provide clear, data-driven insight into today’s economic and domestic policy issues. 

The Drug Pricing Clinic

The Drug Pricing Clinic is your home for all of AAF’s most relevant work on prescription drug policy, proposals, and programs. Policymakers from across the political spectrum are offering proposals for lowering the costs of prescription drugs, but the market is tremendously complicated — and any policy intervention promises to have numerous effects across the […]

Eye on Trade

International trade empowers Americans to build a better life by expanding options for U.S. consumers, lowering the cost of American manufacturing, and giving producers access to billions of consumers around the globe. Recent new trade barriers imposed by the Trump Administration threaten to diminish these benefits, significantly increasing costs for both businesses and consumers. AAF’s […]

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 […]

The AAF Exchange

You wondered. We explained. AAF experts provide clear, data-driven insight into today’s economic and domestic policy issues. 

January 21, 2020

Insight

The Details of Trump’s Phase One Trade Deal with China

Jacqueline Varas

The agreement, set to go into effect on February 14, has seven chapters covering intellectual property, technology transfer, agriculture trade, financial…

January 21, 2020

Week in Regulation

A Wintry Mix

Dan Goldbeck, Dan Bosch

Last week, there were a dozen rulemakings that hit the pages of the Federal Register that included quantifiable economic estimates. There was, however…

January 21, 2020

Research

Economic Costs of the PRO Act

Isabel Soto

The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to vote shortly on the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act (H.R. 2474). While the press and public…

January 21, 2020

The Daily Dish

Credit Ratings (Again)

Douglas Holtz-Eakin

Eakinomics: Credit Ratings (Again) As Eakinomics noted recently, the business model of the Credit Ratings Agencies (CRAs) has – seemingly out of…

January 17, 2020

Weekly Checkup

The Limits of Managed Care

Andrew Strohman

The most politically prevalent challenge in the U.S. health care system is the cost of care, and both left and right seem to agree that managed care is…

January 17, 2020

Multimedia

(CLIP) The Wealth Tax Debate — CNBC

Douglas Holtz-Eakin

AAF President Douglas Holtz-Eakin discusses his study on how the wealth taxes proposed by presidential candidates Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders impact…

January 17, 2020

The Daily Dish

Reforming NEPA

Douglas Holtz-Eakin

Eakinomics: Reforming NEPA I’m willing to bet that few people have any idea about the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). I’m equally willing…

January 16, 2020

The Daily Dish

The Coming Economic Policy Debate

Douglas Holtz-Eakin

Eakinomics: The Coming Economic Policy Debate In retrospect, the actions of the administration and congressional Republicans constitute a clear, pro-growth…

January 15, 2020

Multimedia

The AAF Exchange — Ep. 18: Wealth Tax Proposals

Douglas Holtz-Eakin

AAF President Douglas Holtz-Eakin discusses his study on how the wealth tax proposals from presidential candidates Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren…

January 15, 2020

The Daily Dish

Closing the Books on 2019 Regulation

Douglas Holtz-Eakin

Eakinomics: Closing the Books on 2019 Regulation AAF’s Dan Bosch has a nice summary of regulatory activity in 2019 based on computations using…

January 14, 2020

Insight

Will Proposed NEPA Rule Achieve its Goals?

Dan Bosch, Ewelina Czapla

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Trump Administration’s Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) recently proposed a rule updating its National Environmental…

January 14, 2020

The Daily Dish

How Not To Grow And Prosper

Douglas Holtz-Eakin

Eakinomics: How Not To Grow And Prosper Economics is not complicated. Combine capital and labor to produce output and generate income. Repeat. If you…

January 13, 2020

Research

2019: The Year in Regulation

Dan Bosch

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Federal agencies combined to publish $27.3 billion in net regulatory costs in 2019, the largest amount of the Trump Administration. …

January 13, 2020

Week in Regulation

The Night of the Living Regs

Dan Goldbeck, Dan Bosch

The first full week of 2020 saw significant “new” regulatory costs, due primarily to a bit of administrative necromancy. A series of Department of…

January 13, 2020

The Daily Dish

Wealth Taxes and Workers

Douglas Holtz-Eakin

Eakinomics: Wealth Taxes and Workers Friday AAF published an analysis of the proposed wealth taxes by Senators and presidential candidates Bernie…

January 10, 2020

Weekly Checkup

Candidate Health Policy Proposals Not Aligned with Voter Concerns

Christopher Holt

In less than a month, voting begins in Iowa in the Democratic presidential primary, and health care is one of the top issues for voters. A plethora of…

January 10, 2020

U6 Fix

Not Naughty, but Not Especially Nice

Gordon Gray

Payrolls in December grew by 145,000, with private sector payrolls growing by 139,000. The service-sector gained 140,000 jobs, while goods-producing industries…

January 10, 2020

The Daily Dish

December Jobs

Gordon Gray

The November jobs report was surprisingly strong, beating expectations and affirming the strength of the labor market heading into the New Year. Payrolls…

January 10, 2020

Research

Wealth Taxes and Workers

Douglas Holtz-Eakin, Gordon Gray

Executive Summary Senators and presidential candidates Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders have recently proposed taxes on household wealth. Ostensibly…

January 9, 2020

The Daily Dish

Updating the Community Reinvestment Act

Douglas Holtz-Eakin

Eakinomics: Updating the Community Reinvestment Act The Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) requires all banks insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance…

The Drug Pricing Clinic

The Drug Pricing Clinic is your home for all of AAF’s most relevant work on prescription drug policy, proposals, and programs. Policymakers from across the political spectrum are offering proposals for lowering the costs of prescription drugs, but the market is tremendously complicated — and any policy intervention promises to have numerous effects across the […]

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