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How Progressive Policy Distorted the Housing Market
February 27, 2025 | Howard Husock
A Conservative Vision for Higher Education Reform
February 24, 2025 | Beth Akers
What Do You Call an Automatic Stabilizer that Doesn’t Shrink When Conditions Improve? The Biden Food Stamps Blowout
February 24, 2025 | Matt Weidinger and Angela Rachidi
The American Dream Is Not a Coin Flip, and Wages Have Not Stagnated
February 20, 2025 | Scott Winship
Family-Friendly Policies for the 119th Congress
February 18, 2025 | Timothy P. Carney, Christopher J. Scalia, Yuval Levin, Brad Wilcox, Scott Winship, Edward J. Pinto, Tobias Peter, Kevin Corinth, and Howard Husock
Poverty During the Pandemic and the Role of Government Transfers
February 14, 2025 | Bruce D. Meyer, Jeehoon Han, and James X. Sullivan
Low-Performing Students Fall Farther Behind the Pack
February 7, 2025 | Mark Schneider
High Costs, Uneven Value: Repairing The Federal Role in Postsecondary Education
February 6, 2025 | Preston Cooper
The Family First Act Would Expand Net Income Tax Refunds to Higher Income Families
February 4, 2025 | Kevin Corinth
Snip, Snip: Spending Cuts Are Coming
February 4, 2025 | Matt Weidinger
Eliminating the Benefit Cliff and Achieving Savings for Taxpayers: A Reform Proposal for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
January 30, 2025 | Angela Rachidi and Erik Randolph
How State Governments Can Fight Degree Inflation
January 29, 2025 | Preston Cooper
Testing Theories of Why: Four Keys to Interpreting US Student Achievement Trends
January 24, 2025 | Nat Malkus
The Targeting of Place-Based Policies: The New Markets Tax Credit Versus Opportunity Zones
January 24, 2025 | Kevin Corinth, David Coyne, Naomi Feldman, and Craig Johnson
Testing Theories of Why: Four Keys to Interpreting US Student Achievement Trends
January 24, 2025 | Nat Malkus
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The economic doomsayers have it wrong: Worker pay has tracked with productivity over the last 50 years.
The Dual Promise of the American Dream
A reform conservatism can revive the promise of the Dream for those kids facing long odds.
Forget the Cost of Living. What’s the Cost of Thriving in America?
Two conservative thinkers clash over whether the middle class is more prosperous than a generation ago.