or post them to twitter with the #american inequality aei. for the rest of you in the room, i'm looking for questions from all of you so i'll just look around and see what we've got. >> yes, sir. >> (inaudible) >> wait for the mic. >> a methodology question. is there a way to character late informal work at any quintile? untaxed work, unreported work? >> not too much. there were some that have been detected in looking at the lower income levels through work that was done by a joint effort between the department and university of chicago census itself. but that's only at that level, there's not too much good data on that one. that's a place we'd like to get more data that we haven't. >> now, one of the problems is, if people don't report the income, it's very difficult for us to gauge that they actually worked and for many people in the casual economy, you try to hire somebody to do some work on temporary basis, they want payment in cash. so we're probably underestimating work participation and people are being paid twice for it, once for bein

thank you for inviting me and thank you for aei. very proud of my association with aei and i appreciate everything you do. the fundamental building block of an assessment of our individual well-being is a census estimate on what income is. and over the last two decades, that estimate of income has increasingly conflicted with other government statistics that have been calculated by the senses, by the bureau of laborci statistics and other government agencies. economists from bruce here at aei across the spectrum who have looked at consumption levels. we have looked at wealth accumulation have increasingly found an unexplained gap between what they observe people spending and what the senses measuring people have earned street two examples of the .onflicts from 1947 until 1967, the povertyan rate in america at the number of americans who were deemed to be poor that we set out in the government, plummeted. a massive expansion and prosperity. and then in 1967 the decline in the poverty rate stopped. and for 50 years it has fluctuated r

i think that's how aei was really a focus of this before. but notice that it looks at religion as an instrument, not as itself inherently necessarily a good, that religion produces good effects, a religious people produce a goods society. so that's how this all kind of ties with phil says ties in with what's been happening at aei what's been happening with social policy. but thent that's also where you might disagree with phil. because phil himself as far as i can tell does not have a consequential view of originalism said outputs. instead, and this is i think this is a most i think the most controversial part of the book, which is why easy read all the way to the interest would just like the last ten pages where he really lays itll out, which is he's calling for a restoration. and he can restoration might be too strong so i'm not sure if it was universally held at the founding period may be a return to natural rights approach to understanding our constitution and indeed our country. i think this is going to be phil's probably his next book,

government biases the policy and i mentioned that this is an important topic me because before i to aei and then for a while while i was to air i spent all of my time focusing on people at the bottom of the income scale and how we can help them move up and i had seen and felt both when i worked in these programs in new york city, in new york state. and when i wrote about them here at aei that we would made progress that we weren't getting credit for, because the official statistics of the united states did not account that progress in an accurate way. and there was something wrong with where were telling each other the facts about what was going on and. now the topic is not new one i think our two coauthors would acknowledge that others before them like every stat scott winship michael strain even murray have written about this topic at the extent to which efforts we make in reducing poverty or reducing inequality seem to be go unaccounted in. the official statistics of the united states. but what's great about this is that it pulls it all together in a comprehensive way and actually ge

and in addition to his service at aei. he is the emmanuel heller, professor of law at the university of california at berkeley. he's a widely published scholar on all matters of constitutional law. a former justice department official and a former law clerk to justice clarence thomas and judge lauren silverman, in terms of a format for tonight, we'll begin with having professor munoz just articulated in about 10 minutes, just the overall thesis of the book followed by a response from professor, you 10 minutes. then we'll have a discussion up here and we'll open it up. then afterwards to audience and any internet q&a. so without further ado, professor munoz, we look forward to hear from you. thank. thanks much, will. and thank you especially for who contribute to professor yeoman. michael yeoman was, a teacher of mine and a great friend and mentor. i am deeply appreciative of that. thank you to aei i, yuval levin, who's this. this panel is his idea. so thank you, yuval. and of course. john, you. thank you for your presence

you can use twitter and its hashtag ask aei econ. either either of those will get your questions to us and i'll be able to read them on this high tech little device. so joining me in discussing surprised again is christopher demuth. krista muth is a distinguished fellow at the institute. he's also the past president of this institution, american enterprise institute, and a former senior zero fellow here at aei after harvard and the university chicago law school. he serves as a staff assistant to president nixon. he also practiced after that, he practiced regulatory, antitrust in general, corporate law with sidley and austin, chicago. he was then associate general counsel of conrail and philadelphia, pennsylvania. he was a lecturer in public policy at harvard kennedy school of government, director of the harvard faculty on regulation. in 1981, chris returned to government and served in the u.s. office of management and budget. and as the executive director of the presidential task force on regulatory relief during president reagan's f

i too into thank aei a home.laughter] but we were talk about this a second ago when i came to age and went to college and 88 -- 92 it's that kind of time. i became a political agent in the reagan moment. and i came into the conservative movement as a young person as a think tanker and then as a member inside a fight for the republican party which was alive and well. bill clinton had just one. i did big churn within the conservative movement and factions fighting one another but this is not new per this is happened from the beginning on figure book is a perfect example of that. for new young people who are shocked at this infighting so to speak of the conservative movement, this is what happens in movements. until you have a big standard bearer a reagan type person you're going to have that kind of fighting. so, we are we have been before. where we go we do not yet know but it is important that the conservative movement in my opinion becomes the majority movement in the country with respect to winning elections we

>> first i want to thank aei for this event. number one i want to thank god and number two we thank robert door for his graciousness because in some sense given the current state of the country this is a miracle and i just want to recognize the folks who provide context and background. scott hagan and ritual consent to our important because, and i will try to do this quickly. i'm in a restaurant in dorchester called the blarney stone. i have my cup of tea and i get a phonecall from my daughter. daddy, daddy they are trying to take over the country. every parent has to have this justice warrior. the baby is the justice warrior. she calls dad and i say what he talking about? and it's one of her speeches. >> no, dad. i'm in the restaurant and my daughter is going on and i turn on the television and i don't know what you want to call it and i'm not going to debate about what terms you want to use. i'll put it this way. a a lot of people could go to jail right now. when i saw it in the restaurant i began to and i said this is madness

central to this effort is a series of gatherings, aei will be hosting across the country. sparked by the conference we held in may in old parkland, texas that brought together brilliant minds such as bob woodson, who is in the room, to discussion alternative approaches to tackle the challenges facing americans of all races, we will hold our first free conference in birmingham, alabama, this november 2nd through the 4th. bringing together civics, academics, nonprofit, business and faith leaders, for important discussions on how to implement the lessons we have learned about upward mobility. we aim to uplift agents of agency around the country. people leading by example, combatting unhelpful narratives, and lighting the way towards lives, rich in relationship, health, and well-being. and this is why i'm so excited to welcome senator tim scott to aei today to talk about the american dream. i can think of few people whose life stories and work reinforce what's needed to move from poverty to prosperity by engaging the core components of agency. and tim scott hosted a breakfast

aei robert p. george, mary ann glendon of harvard law school and doctor cornel west of union theological seminary. i look forward to this conversation on practical ways to strengthen the spiritual foundation of the government and most importantly, i hope it will exemplify the kind of civil discourse our country needs. i am very happy you are all here. happy friday, i think this is going to be a terrific discussion. take it away. thank you. >> revving rivers, it's a great honor to be here. it's an honor for us at aei to be partnering with the seymour institute. it might be helpful for you to give a 32nd overview. a year ago you organized a set of pastors to come together for a prayer vigil. it was interesting. you did an interview and you said our backs are against the wall. we have to do something. partisan politics will not get it done, because they don't have the vision. and at the z and six, it says that without a vision, the people will perish. why is that such an inspiration to you? why is it

central to this effort is a series of gatherings, aei will host across the country.truck by the comfort we held in may in texas that brought together brilliant minds such as bob who's in the room, to discuss alternative approaches to tackle challenges facing americans of all races. we will hold our first brief conference in birmingham, alabama november 2 through the fourth bringing together, academic, nonprofit, business and faith leaders for important discussions on how to implement lessons we've learned about upward mobility. we aim to uplift agents of agency around the country. people leading by example combating unhelpful narratives and lighting the way toward lives, which in relationship, health and well-being. this is why i am excited to w welcome senator tim scott to aei today to talk about the american dream. i can think of few people whose lives story and work reinforce what needed to move poverty to prosperity by engaging or components t of agencies. last week senator scott posted the school choice caucus breakfast to discuss ways to empower every single fa

that is how aei was a focus of these before.looks as religion as an instrument not inherently good. with that religion produces good effects for religious people produce a good society. that is what phil says ties in with what has been happening at aei what's been happening with social policy. but that's where you also might disagree with phil. as far as i can tell does not have a consequentialist view of original isms outputs. i think the most controversial part of the book. which isea why if you read all e way to the end it's like the last 10 pages where he really lays it out. he is calling for a restoration. might be too strong. may be a return a natural rights approach to understanding constitution and indeed our country. i think this is probably going to be his next book which is to justifyto this. it is not apparent to me why the country would adopt the 18th century philosophy that surrounded the founding, if you want originalist. you could taken. this position,e want to know with the 18th century natural rights theory was

actions for the communities that have not yet experienced of the american dream as a senior fellow at aei and someone whose run public charter schools more than a decade, i am obsessed with the goal of upward mobility. one of the factors that drive whether a young person of any background acquires the habits of minds and skills that typically lead to success as adults in my time with thousands of young people working at teach for america to the white house to mtv to the gates foundation and now launching the network of charter high schools in the bronx, i've worked with kids from every conceivable background. i've seen children grow up in disadvantaged situations and unfortunately sometimes re-create that disadvantage as they enter young adult hood but i've also seen many kids emerge from poverty or crime or dysfunction and lead lives of their own choosing. the question is what makes the difference. in my experience young people that thrive as adults usually have a sense of personal agency which i define as the force of their free will guided by moral discernment to learn right from wrong

today's event is one that i think speaks to our country's highest ideals and gets to the core of aei's mission. we believe americans can govern themselves and that we need the most rigorous research when doing so. but our belief in self-government isfounded on another belief , our faith in the inherent humanity of all people. our human dignity comes from a source nibeyond any government or human power. a source that i and i know many of you believe is a divine spiritual power. our respect for democracy rests on our respect for one another not as intellectuals or even as fellow citizens but as individuals deeply and down in our creator. with certain inalienable rights. this is the spiritual core of the american experiment in self-governance. it's the moral basis for our democracy and the rule of law and it's integral to our mission here. now, today's date should remind us of what happens when we ignore our countries highest ideals and even now we struggle to come together as a nation and rally behind our founding principles, to overcome this challenge we will need leadership and faith.

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not by a longshot, my first opportunity to visit with the brilliant people of aei, but the first time in this facility with all the history here and the history that i know is being made here by each of you. every day. i will say that everything i knew about higher education or i thought i did when i arrived there now 10 years ago never having lived in that world, after i learned from an aei paper somewhere, and it has continued to be a source of information and insight to me ever since. thanks for all you do on that and every other front. please know that i am among your most applicants. i want to get rather quickly to the important part of the conversation, which will be beth's questions and yours. let me try to get us there in this summary way. i was being interviewed fairly early in my current job and somebody said what our objectives were, what our hopes were for the institution that i serve. off-the-cuff really, i said, well i would sum it up by saying we are out to deliver higher education at the highest proven value. and for eight or nine years or however long it has been sinc

my is stan boy, i am a senior fellow here at aei and delighted to welcome leah boston to a for a conversation about her new book joined with rand mitski streets of gold untold story of immigrant success. make sure to buy a copy you can buy them online or in a bookstore. i'm delighted we're doing this event in person but a warm welcome. well to our online and television viewership for our viewers who are not in the room, please submit your questions to john curran's at air dot org or via twitter with hashtag ask air on liam rants very readable books about the history of migration to the united states in particular the late 19th century relies on large amounts of original research involving large data sets of millions of american. it revised our understanding of historical waves of immigration. it draws important parallels between those earlier experiences and the contemporary immigrant experience. the book also summarizes our understanding of various economic and cultural aspects of migration to the united states. it should serve as an important reminder to many u.s. policymakers and, voters,

aaf somalia, senior administration officials say the raid on aei te green light this week from president biden. officials say no civilians were injured in the operation. >>> new wave of missiles today, a day turning now to the war in ukraine. russia lashed out, launching a wave of missiles today, a day after the u.s. and germany pledged to send tanks to help ukrainian forces. 11 people were killed, and about the same number injured, when dozens of buildings were struck in several regions. ukraine says of the 55 missiles that were fired, 47 were shot down. >>> now to our cbs news exclusive. nearly 4 million veterans may have been exposed to toxic fumes from burn pits. so we went to the va for tonight's eye on america to find out about the new health care benefits available. it's all part of what the va secretary told us is the alarmest outreach in history to our veterans. andrew myatt was willing to give his life to >> our job was to find i.e.d.s, disarm them, or destroy them. >> o'donnell: but the veteran never thought his army service would make him sick years later. >> the last thing y

i have seen a lot of lying in politics over the years but is this an issue with some robot aei createdo the instruction builds the most diverse honest partisan politician ever seen she was asked in good faith if the democrats can work with the gop led house and she answered by launching into this totally unhinged rant. >> the key seven handed to extremist and the top of their agenda, and national abortion ban. dismantling social security , and medical or. they are going to on —- and medicare use the debt ceiling to take american seniors hostage. this is all about forcing us to make cuts to social security where the hard earnings of americans reside and medicare and all the talk about process and amendments , that is the cover what they are really trying to do which is to dismantle the equities of our economy. steve: even jake tapper could not take the here was james comer this morning. >> you look at the republicans we want to balance the budget which means we have to make spending cuts in every area except social security and medicare. steve: except social security and medicare? she i