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October 15, 2025
Don’t Choose Your Own Adventure: Understanding Middle-Class Earnings Trends
…the stagflation of the 1970s and the deep recessions of the early 1980s. While women’s earnings growth was unambiguously strong across age groups, growth varied for men of different ages….
September 25, 2025
The Golden Age of Public Housing—and Why It Didn’t Last
…Mary Wilson met Diana Ross and Florence Ballard and formed the famous Motown group The Supremes. “Moving into the projects as a child was like moving into a wonderland for…
August 27, 2025
In Pursuit: Marriage, Motherhood, And Women’s Well-Being
…(2013). 5 Steven Stack and J.Ross Eshleman, “Marital status and happiness: A 17-nation study,” Journal of Marriage and the Family 60 (2018): 527-536. 6 Sam Peltzman, “The Socio-Political Demography of Happiness,” George…
August 7, 2025
Perspective on the OBBBA’s SNAP Cuts
…precedent. In FY 2024, the average payment error rate across states was 10.93 percent, and 43 states or territories exceeded the 6 percent target. However, these high payment errors are a relatively…
July 22, 2025
How Large Would SNAP Be? Simulating the Size of SNAP Based on Changes to the Unemployment Rate
…virtually all households below the poverty line received benefits (Vigil and Rahimi 2024). To receive SNAP benefits, households must meet several federal eligibility criteria. First, their gross income must be…
July 1, 2025
More Information Sharing Means Fewer Taxpayer Losses to Fraud
Last month, Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) introduced a resolution of inquiry objecting to the Trump administration’s development of a “centralized database” that “compiles American citizens’ personal information across federal agencies and departments.”…
June 25, 2025
De-Skilling the Knowledge Economy
…degrees, AI is on course to affect virtually all jobs. The novelty we experience today with AI will eventually become commonplace, and AI will become integrated across many human activities….
June 11, 2025
From Engineers to Fast Food, How AI Is Rocking the Future of Jobs
…and cognitive work. The concern Indian engineers express is increasingly visible across global labor markets. U.S. labor unions are calling for AI legal protections. Fast food chains are testing AI-driven voice ordering…
June 5, 2025
The One Thing Both Parties Agree On: More Deficits and Debt
…reveals one dangerous issue that both parties agree on: significantly increasing deficits and debt. Consider the last two administrations. Before Trump’s first term started, gross federal debt stood at $20 trillion….
May 27, 2025
The Surprising Role of Large Developers in Solving the Housing Crunch
…federal financing guidelines, borrowers are permitted to take on higher DTI ratios. The typical borrower now spends up to 41% of gross income on debt payments, up from 37% a…