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AEI is basically on the same level with Brookings Institution, both have their ideological leanings but neither do necessarily bad work as a degree of policy is

AEI is basically on the same level with Brookings Institution, both have their ideological leanings but neither do necessarily bad work as a degree of policy is always about interpretation and argument on priorities. An example of more ideologically bent DC think thanks would be Heritage Foundation and Competitive Enterprise Institute on the right, and Center for American Progress, and Center for Budget and Policy Priorities on the left.

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> AEI is basically on the same level with Brookings Institution, both have their ideological leanings but neither do necessarily bad work as a degree of policy is always about interpretation and argument on priorities. That is incorrect, as far as I know. AEI exists to provide intellectual support to the desired policies of certain conservative groups, such as neocons[0] and the fossil fuel industry. AEI has long been a source of fossil fuel industry arguments against climate change action, for example[1]; you can predict AEI's 'research' conclusions on any issue based on the politics. Brookings is an independent research organization, non-partisan, and the world's most respected think tank by some measures.[2] Of course Brookings has some biases and failings, but a false equivalency that says 'everyone has biases' is simply not the truth. Everyone is a liar, but some people are far more trustworthy than others; all code has bugs, but it's not all of equal quality. [0] https://www.google.com/search?q=neocons+site:aei.org https://www.google.com/search?q=neocons+site:aei.org [1] https://www.aei.org/tag/climate-change/ https://www.aei.org/tag/climate-change/ [2] Look up the University of Pennsylvania's think tank survey; as of a couple years ago, Brookings was #1 (I don't have time to look myself right now; sorry!).

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> AEI is basically on the same level with Brookings Institution, both have their ideological leanings but neither do necessarily bad work as a degree of policy is always about interpretation and argument on priorities. That is incorrect, as far as I know. AEI exists to provide intellectual support to the desired policies of certain conservative groups, such as neocons[0] and the fossil fuel industry. AEI has long been a source of fossil fuel industry arguments against climate change action, for example[1]; you can predict AEI's 'research' conclusions on any issue based on the politics. Brookings is an independent research organization, non-partisan, and the world's most respected think tank by some measures.[2] Of course Brookings has some biases and failings, but a false equivalency that says 'everyone has biases' is simply not the truth. Everyone is a liar, but some people are far more trustworthy than others; all code has bugs, but it's not all of equal quality. [0] https://www.google.com/search?q=neocons+site:aei.org https://www.google.com/search?q=neocons+site:aei.org [1] https://www.aei.org/tag/climate-change/ https://www.aei.org/tag/climate-change/ [2] Look up the University of Pennsylvania's think tank survey; as of a couple years ago, Brookings was #1 (I don't have time to look myself right now; sorry!).