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November 1, 2024
Latest Student Loan Cancellation Proposal Could Be Biggest Yet
…unrealistic assumptions (for instance, by assuming borrowers will apply at implausibly low rates). The danger of an underestimate is even greater here. Subjective decisions will govern the scale of cancellation,…
October 30, 2024
The Geography of Fertility — Where are the Babies?
…to Americans interested in starting, growing or raising a family. Brad Wilcox (@BradWilcoxIFS on X) is the Future of Freedom Fellow at the Institute for Family Studies and a nonresident…
October 25, 2024
How Workforce Education Can Boost Earnings and Fill Jobs
…limiting certain wealthy universities’ access to federal student loans, which are currently a loss-maker for the government. There is a danger, of course, that introducing federal funding might also introduce…
October 9, 2024
Learning the Right Lessons from the “China Shock”
…U.S. competition with imports from China. Those economists published another important paper, along with economists Daron Acemoglu and Brendan Price, that found import growth from China led to 200,000 fewer jobs per…
August 6, 2024
Trump’s Tax Law Diminished Incentives for Charitable Giving, But We Can Fix It
…a danger in reserving the tax incentive for charity to the wealthiest Americans. It puts that incentive — part of the tax code since 1917 — at risk of being…
June 26, 2024
Reducing Racial Disparities in Foster Care Might Endanger Black Children
…suspected incidents of maltreatment solely because a fetus or a newborn is exposed to drugs. Such policies of course run the risk of leaving more kids in danger. Moreover, because…
December 21, 2023
Our Policies to Address Homelessness Are Failing
…permanent assistance to a lucky few rather than offer temporary assistance to families in danger of losing their home. That’s not to say we should lose sight of the long-run…
December 18, 2023
Kids aren’t for everyone. But it’s better for everyone if you have them.
…especially in the early years. W. Bradford Wilcox, a colleague of mine at the American Enterprise Institute who studies family structure, speculates that in an increasingly atomized society, parenthood is…
December 1, 2023
Red States Can Lead the Way on Marriage and Fatherhood
“If we care about our children, if we care about the vibrancy of our communities, we have no choice but to have the conversation” about absent fatherhood, said Chris Sprowls, who…
November 27, 2023
For kids, marriage still matters
…by promoting the success sequence. Utah’s youth deserve to know this proven pathway to a better life. Brad Wilcox, a professor of sociology at the University of Virginia and director…