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Op-Ed
There Are Many Reasons to Cheer Up About the State of the Middle Class
This piece originally appeared at National Review Online and is reprinted here with permission. Statistics show that the middle class is healthier and more secure than ever before. This week, Michael…
Article
The End of Work? Not Yet—Maybe Not Ever
…voluntarily. As my AEI colleague Michael Strain, a labor economist, has put it: Do human beings have a deep desire to contribute to the world or not? Are business leaders interested…
Journal Publication
The Heterogeneous Effects of Large and Small Minimum Wage Changes on Hours Worked: Evidence Using a Partially Pre-Committed Analysis Plan
Abstract We use a partially pre-committed estimation strategy to study the effects of minimum wage increases on hours worked. Analyzing CPS and ACS data from 2011–2019, we estimate that relatively…
Op-Ed
AI in K–12: A New Year Reality Check for School Leaders
…reached out to Michael for a reality check. Here’s what he had to say. —Rick Rick: Michael, educators have heard a lot about what AI means for schools over the past few years….
Op-Ed
AI Changes NOTHING About What Students Need to Learn
…like in 2046 (when today’s 4th graders turn 30). Ultimately, the assertion that AI makes knowledge less valuable is more talking point than truism. As Ohio State’s Michael Clune aptly observed recently…
Blog Post
AI Has Come for K–12 Education
…the excited side, Michael Horn argues that the workforce of tomorrow is incorporating AI today, so schools need to familiarize students with the technology. If AI at work is inescapable, worriers like…
Blog Post
Apocalypse Not
Now we’re getting somewhere! Thanks to the person who posts on X.com using @MTSInsights, I know where Michael Green got his inflated cost estimates, which I critiqued in my last post. (Green, you…
Blog Post
The Real Math of Survival?
Earlier today (much earlier…) I posted a critique of the new viral post by Michael W. Green claiming that families with less than $140,000 in income should be considered to be in poverty. That…
Op-Ed
How Not to Redefine Poverty
…my way. It had gone viral. The essay is by Michael W. Green, who is chief strategist and portfolio manager for Simplify Asset Management. The Free Press version is subtitled, “Why $100,000 Is…
Op-Ed
The New Era for Nonprofits: America’s Old System of Federally Funded Nonprofits is Gone. What Comes Next?
…value as an independent force.” In Nonprofits for Hire: The Welfare State in the Age of Contracting, an important 1993 scholarly study, political scientists Stephen Rathgeb Smith and Michael Lipsky validated…
Blog Post
The Misunderstood Gains of Modern America
…gains slowed. But that’s hardly the whole story. Since the 1990 business cycle peak, real wages for average workers have risen by about 40 percent, according to economist Michael Strain….
Op-Ed
Libraries Are Doing the Work—Let’s Fund Them Accordingly
Over the past few years, I’ve had the privilege of visiting libraries of all sizes—from quiet rural branches to vibrant urban hubs. Each one tells a story—not just through the…