American Enterprise Institute (AEI)

Organization Trends
The Thesis That Drove American Politics Crazy: The Emerging Democratic Majority
In 2002, liberal scholars John Judis and Ruy Teixeira published a provocative thesis: A new Democratic majority would “emerge” by the end of the decade. Traditional middle-class and working-class Democrats…
by Michael Watson on September 1, 2022

Organization Trends
The Thesis That Drove American Politics Crazy: A Prescription or a Prophecy?
The Emerging Democratic Majority is a book of two halves; a description of electoral trends that Judis and Teixeira argue favor the Democrats and a prescription for Democrats to adopt…
by Michael Watson on September 1, 2022

Organization Trends
The Thesis That Drove American Politics Crazy: From McConnell to Trump
Sean Trende speculated that a Republican Party advancing the alternate approach “would have to be more ‘America first’ on trade, immigration and foreign policy; less pro–Wall Street and big business…
by Michael Watson on September 1, 2022

Organization Trends
The Thesis That Drove American Politics Crazy: Teixeira Exiled
The Democratic response to the Trump administration accelerated the burial of progressive centrism. The professional class hardened in its Democratic alignment as “wokeness”—the mix of Robin DiAngelo- and Ibram X.
by Michael Watson on September 1, 2022

Organization Trends
The Thesis That Drove American Politics Crazy: Conclusion
"The Emerging Democratic Majority," while not prophetic, was informative in projecting who would constitute Barack Obama’s presidential majorities. But its prescription, a “progressive centrism” focused on left-populist economic and welfare…
by Michael Watson on September 1, 2022

Philanthropy
A Conversation with Howard Husock About Civil Society and Philanthropy (Part 1 of 2)
The American Enterprise Institute senior fellow talks to Michael E. Hartmann about his career, the Civil Society Awards program, whether civil society is a “luxury good,” and philanthropy and donor-advised…
by Michael E. Hartmann on February 18, 2022

Philanthropy
A Conversation with Howard Husock About Civil Society and Philanthropy (Part 2 of 2)
The American Enterprise Institute senior fellow talks to Michael E. Hartmann about donor-advised funds and anonymous giving through them, as well as the large, mostly progressive foundations’ influence and self-perpetuating…
by Michael E. Hartmann on February 18, 2022

Philanthropy
David Packard and AEI’s “Near-Death Experience”
“Few of the histories of the conservative movement give pride of place to David Packard as a paladin of conservative philanthropy," according to a December case study from Johns Hopkins…
by Michael E. Hartmann on January 28, 2021