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May 30, 2023

Two Sentences Will Strengthen SNAP’s Support for Work

The debt ceiling deal, agreed to by President Joe Biden and Speaker Kevin McCarthy, will improve the federal safety net’s effectiveness in helping people rise out of poverty. It modestly…

May 4, 2023

Work Is Essential to the American Dream

…work requirements, and evidence showed that it would discourage work. In a landmark working paper, AEI’s Bruce Meyer, Kevin Corinth, and their co-authors estimated that it would cause as many as 1.5…

May 4, 2023

The Social Breakdown: The Poverty of Family, Community, and Religious Life in America

On May 4, AEI’s Center on Opportunity and Social Mobility (COSM) hosted the launch of “The Social Breakdown,” a new research series dedicated to the study of social capital. https://www.youtube.com/embed/SWmPhcul8NE…