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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…
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The Democrats’ Fraud Problem
…benefit. Of course, not everyone in the Democratic Party shares Mamdani’s views or those of other progressives. But the influence of their political strain has only grown during the first…
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Everything You Thought About the US Labor Market Is Wrong
…to restrain an increase in stock prices, prevent GDP growth from accelerating, or induce a worrying increase in the unemployment rate. Despite this, the Fed cut its policy rate at…
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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….
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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…
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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…
Article
When help holds families back
…in SNAP – for example, by excluding only those parents with caretaking responsibilities for children under 6. Not only will these efforts encourage employment, they will also constrain federal costs…
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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…
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Texas Just Provided a Housing Lifeline—Dallas-Fort Worth Cities Should Grab It
…required. Similarly, SB-840 makes it easier to convert underutilized commercial spaces into residential units. This could steadily add housing without expanding city boundaries or straining infrastructure. Yet some cities are…
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A win for Wisconsin families: Childcare in the 2025-2027 biennial state budget
…involvement drive up childcare costs, reduce quality, and constrain flexibility for both families and providers.1 As I argued in a 2023 Badger Institute report titled Overregulated Childcare: Some level of…
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…
Op-Ed
Did ‘China Shock’ Throw Millions of Americans Out of Work?
…edited by Susan B. Carter, Scott Sigmund Gartner, Michael R. Haines, Alan L. Olmstead, Richard Sutch, and Gavin Wright. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2006. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/ISBN-9780511132971.Ba652-103210.1017/ISBN-9780511132971.Ba652-1032. Estimates of agricultural employment…