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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…
September 25, 2024
The Promise — and Danger — of Kamala Harris’s YIMBYism
Vice President Kamala Harris is not wrong to emphasize that the best solution to our housing shortage is the construction of new homes. She’s actually enunciated something close to a program to do so: tax…
September 17, 2024
The Blue State Family Exodus: Families Are Migrating to Red and Purple States
…Brad Wilcox, Future of Freedom Fellow at the Institute for Family Studies and director of the National Marriage Project at the University of Virginia, is the author of Get Married: Why…
September 10, 2024
America is Still Working
…using IPUMS microdata. (See Steven Ruggles, Sarah Flood, Matthew Sobek, Daniel Backman, Annie Chen, Grace Cooper, Stephanie Richards, Renae Rodgers, and Megan Schouweiler. IPUMS USA: Version 15.0 [dataset]. Minneapolis, MN:…
September 3, 2024
Doing Right by Kids: A Book Event
…S. Hymowitz, William E. Simon Fellow, Manhattan Institute Matt Weidinger, Rowe Scholar, American Enterprise Institute Brad Wilcox, Nonresident Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute Moderator: Kevin Corinth, Deputy Director, Center on…
January 25, 2024
On the Front Porch with Brent Orrell and Tony Pipa: A Conversation with Nicholas F. Jacobs
…divide. Mr. Orrell, Mr. Pipa, and Dr. Jacobs concluded by emphasizing the importance of dispelling myths about rural America to overcome distrust and disunity. Event Materials Nicholas F. Jacobs and Daniel M….
January 21, 2024
Portland’s Encampment Kids
…that they use the child-abuse hotline. Terrance Moses says that he has a “backdoor” contact at police headquarters he can go to if he sees a kid in danger. He…
December 15, 2023
Pro-Family Policy Priorities for States
Introduction America’s system of federalism means that the is- sues that most directly impact the lives of parents and families are often most appropriately dealt with at the state level….
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…
November 11, 2023
Why is NYC Telling Teachers to Not Keep Kids Safe?
…a family “just needs help, such as access to child care assistance, mental health counseling or concrete resources,” Commissioner Jess Dannhauser announced at a press conference in mid-October. The revised…