PUBLICATIONS

On Wednesday, March 18th, AESG Policy Director Luke Pardue testified at the Congressional Joint Economic Committee’s hearing, “Keeping Our Promises: Labor Inflows, Maintaining Competitiveness, and Supporting an Aging Population.” His written testimony is below. Watch the complete hearing here and...

Last week, the US Census Bureau released new estimates of the US population over the past five years. Overall, the US population rose by 0.5 percent (by 1.8 million) from mid-2024 to mid-2025, a sharp slowdown from the prior 12...

On November 5, 2025, AESG Policy Director Luke Pardue provided remarks during a panel discussion hosted by the American Enterprise Institute: Can We Get Through the Demographic Crunch? The Implications of the 2025 OECD Employment Report. A recording of the...

On July 9th, 2025, the Aspen Economic Strategy Group hosted economists Michael Geruso and Dean Spears for a conversation on their new book, After the Spike: Population, Progress, and the Case for People. In After the Spike, Geruso and Spears...