With the Nov. 2 elections fast approaching, AEI scholars are tracking developments and providing concise video analyses. Latest video: Michael Barone explains how heartland voters are turning red.

Andrew Biggs predicted a year ago that Social Security would not give retirees a 2011 cost-of-living increase. John Makin wrote on October 5 that the Fed would follow Japan in fighting deflation by aggressively easing monetary policy.

AEI, the Heritage Foundation, and the Foreign Policy Initiative have joined forces to launch the Defending Defense Project. The project's first report debunks myths and illuminates facts about defense spending. Read the report here.

AEI's Steven F. Hayward teams up with experts from two other think tanks to explain how a limited and direct approach to energy innovation can deliver clean, cheap energy, economic productivity and national prosperity. More here.

A study of college costs and subsequent salaries in the workplace reveals that, in general, the return on investment (ROI) from a college degree is higher at more selective universities and at public universities. Read the study here.