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October 11, 2024
It’s time to face up to our social poverty problem
…less than we used to, and we provide each other less social support. Rather than owning up to our glaring social poverty problem, policymakers have focused instead on relieving economic…
October 9, 2024
Learning the Right Lessons from the “China Shock”
…it is about consumption, productivity growth, and wage growth. What, then, are the right lessons? There are two important lessons for economists and policymakers from the “China shock” literature. First,…
October 9, 2024
Two Cheers for California’s Ban on Legacy Admissions
…association. When they’re operating on their own dime, private colleges have a right to admit whom they like. At the same time, lawmakers have every right to write rules for public colleges…
October 8, 2024
The Longshoremen Are Making the Wrong Demands
…of cheaper labor, relocated within the United States or overseas. Policymakers, focused on the real overall gains for the economy, gave little thought to the millions who would need retraining,…
September 20, 2024
Don’t Believe the Doomsayers. The American Dream Is Still In Reach for Young People
…connection.” In other words, policymakers should deemphasize cash transfer programs that provide public dollars directly to individuals, unconditionally. These “no-strings-attached” programs often have the behavioral effect of discouraging work. Instead,…
August 26, 2024
Vouching for Self-Sufficiency
…According to Elizabeth Grossman, general counsel for FHJC, “There is no valid or even rational reason for landlords and brokers to discriminate against those with housing vouchers.” That’s just not…
August 15, 2024
Women Want More Children Than They’re Having. America Can Do More to Help
…hedonistic reasons. In explaining why she is childless, Beth Davis, a marketing professional, told The Wall Street Journal that she and her husband “have more time and energy to commit to ourselves,”…
June 26, 2024
Reducing Racial Disparities in Foster Care Might Endanger Black Children
…whether to place a child in foster care be made without the decision-makers knowing the race of the child. This was intended to counter a long history of Black children…
June 26, 2024
American Workers Are Doing Great. They Could Be Doing Even Better.
…words: I enthusiastically agree. I would articulate that consensus as follows: American workers are doing great. But we should not be satisfied. Workers could be doing even better, and policymakers…
June 23, 2024
Is Systemic Racism Responsible for the Increase in Child Mortality Rates?
How is it that in the richest country on Earth, life expectancy has been falling? This is the question that many policymakers and consumers of news have been asking themselves…