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March 11, 2025
The American Dream in Ohio depends on stronger Buckeye families
…The challenge, then, facing Ohio leaders is to take steps to strengthen marriage and family life across the state. Policymakers should ask public schools to teach the Success Sequence(which underlines the…
February 14, 2025
Poverty During the Pandemic and the Role of Government Transfers
…that pandemic-era policies played an important role in maintaining economic wellbeing during this period. Policymakers have long debated how best to alleviate child poverty and what role government support should…
February 4, 2025
Snip, Snip: Spending Cuts Are Coming
…circulated a short list of would-be savings totaling over $5 trillion, followed by a 50-page menu offering almost $15 trillion in nominal deficit reduction alongside more than $3 trillion in potential “sweeteners.” If lawmakers…
January 2, 2025
AI Will Have a Major Impact on Labor Markets. Here’s How the US Can Prepare
…the nation’s analytic systems and reports are not geared to produce the forward-looking “headlight” measures decision-makers need to navigate ambiguous, rapidly evolving technological change. Federal statistical data usually tell us…
December 17, 2024
Industrial Policy and Deficits: Dark Clouds for Democratic Capitalism
…who wants a job can get a job. The unemployment rate remains very low — well under the rate at which most economists and Federal Reserve policymakers believe is sustainable…
December 5, 2024
SNAP and the “Make America Healthy Again” Agenda
…purchase with SNAP, policymakers would not only improve the health of participating households, but it would also likely lead retailers to supply and market their products differently—having impacts far beyond…
October 30, 2024
A SNAP Reform Framework Focused on the Future
…foods, and requiring retail stores to share their data to better inform SNAP’s contribution to diet quality. Program Integrity. Policymakers, participants, and taxpayers need assurance that SNAP funds are used…
October 30, 2024
A Reform Framework for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
…and address program-integrity issues. This report offers a road map for policymakers wanting to build on the success of SNAP while improving SNAP’s efficiency and effectiveness. Read the report here…
October 23, 2024
Work Requirement Waivers Increased FoodShare Caseloads and Costs in Wisconsin
…from absolute. Federal lawmakers allowed states to waive it in certain circumstances, and Wisconsin officials have done so much of the time. The result has been higher FoodShare caseloads and…
October 18, 2024
What’s Working in America’s Workforce System
…facing policymakers is how to break out of this negative equilibrium? On this topic, What’s Working? has answers. Our volume contains a range of recommendations for improving the existing system including increased…