Center on Opportunity and Social Mobility
Informing policies to promote the American Dream and reduce economic and social poverty
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Shifting Patterns of Social Interaction: Exploring the Social Life of Urban Spaces Through A.I.
December 4, 2024 | Edward L. Glaeser et al.
Avoiding an Unemployment Loan Bailout
December 3, 2024 | Matt Weidinger
Reforming State Authorization of Colleges to Boost Competition and Lower Tuition
December 2, 2024 | Preston Cooper
Why Has Construction Productivity Stagnated? The Role of Land-Use Regulation
December 2, 2024 | Edward L. Glaeser, Leonardo D'Amico, Joseph Gyourko, William R. Kerr, and Giacomo A.M. Ponzetto
Finally, a Win for Working Men
November 27, 2024 | Brent Orrell
Don’t Write Off Workforce Pell Grants
November 25, 2024 | Preston Cooper
A Local Option for Natural Gas Fracking
November 21, 2024 | Howard Husock
Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Work
November 21, 2024 | Michael R. Strain
A Consensus on Common-Sense Education Reform
November 21, 2024 | James Pethokoukis
End Federal Loans for Graduate School
November 20, 2024 | Preston Cooper
Eliminate Federal Lending to Graduate and Professional Students; Revenue to Fund Block Grants to States
November 20, 2024 | Beth Akers
Low-Rise Multifamily and Housing Supply: A Case Study of Seattle
November 19, 2024 | Tobias Peter, Edward J. Pinto, and Joseph S. Tracy
Affordable Housing—and No Tax Hike
November 17, 2024 | Edward J. Pinto and Arthur Gailes
JD Vance is Right: Reduce the Power of Big Foundations to Help Charity
November 15, 2024 | Howard Husock
The National Assessment of Educational Progress Recompete: Is It Real Change or Lipstick on a Pig?
November 12, 2024 | Mark Schneider
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Are American Workers’ Wages Really Lagging Productivity?
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.