The Campus Exchange

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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/

Matthew Continetti is the director of domestic policy studies and the inaugural Patrick and Charlene Neal Chair in American Prosperity at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), where his work is focused on American political thought and history, with a particular focus on the development of the Republican Party and the American conservative movement.

Matthew joins Joshua Jankelow, a senior at Stanford University and member of AEI’s Collegiate Network, to unpack the responses on college campuses to Hamas’ October 7th massacre and the ensuing Israel-Gaza war.

“What makes the past three weeks so alarming is that this is antisemitism in the framework of a movement.” – Matthew Continetti

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Visit AEI’s Israel-Gaza Conflict page for more information and updates on the Israel-Gaza conflict: https://www.aei.org/israel-gaza-conflict/

Philip Wallach is a senior fellow at AEI, where he studies America’s separation of powers, focusing on regulatory policy issues and the relationship between Congress and the administrative state. Dr. Wallach recently published, Why Congress, where he defends the centrality of Congress in America’s constitutional system, traces the roots of current dysfunction, and suggests how the institution might be restored.

Dr. Wallach joins Shantanu Kamat from the University of California – Berkley to discuss his recent publication, Why Congress, the impact of institutional changes in the House of Representatives, and consequences of open rules in the house. This episode was recorded during the final house speaker vote on Wednesday, October 25th.

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Kenneth M. Pollack is a senior fellow at AEI, where we works on Middle Eastern political-military affairs, focusing in particular on Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, and the Gulf countries. He previously served in the CIA, National Security Council, and is currently an adjunct professor at Georgetown University’s Security Studies Program.

Kenneth joins Dillon Prochnicki from Georgetown University to discuss the Israel-Gaza conflict, contextualize the role of Iran, and examine the future of the Middle East.

To learn more about AEI's work on college campuses, visit our website: https://www.aei.org/academic-programs/”

Visit AEI's Israel-Gaza Conflict page (https://www.aei.org/israel-gaza-conflict/) or AEI’s Critical Threats Project (https://www.criticalthreats.org/) , for more information and updates on the Israel-Gaza conflict.

Note: This conversation was recorded on Monday, October 16, 2023.

John Yoo is a nonresident senior fellow at AEI, Emanuel S. Heller Professor of Law at the University of California, Berkeley, and a visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution. He has worked in all three branches of government, notably as an official in the US Department of Justice. He also served as a law clerk for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and US Court of Appeals Judge Laurence Silberman.

John joins Nikhil Agarwal from Claremont McKenna College to discuss the Fourteenth Amendment and well as The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Supreme Court, John’s recent book he co-authored with Robert Delahunty.

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Chris Stirewalt is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, where he focuses on American politics, voting trends, public opinion, and the media. He is concurrently a contributing editor and weekly columnist for The Dispatch.

Chris is joined by Sam Raus of the University of Miami for a recap of the first Republican primary debate and discussion about the remainder of the 2024 presidential race.

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