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July 2, 2025
Have You Heard the Good News?
…was better decades ago. That’s mostly bullshit. Yes, we have real problems. But widen the aperture, and you’ll see that there has never been a better time to be alive than…
July 2, 2025
Congress Could Rein In Graduate Student Loans
Congress is on the verge of eliminating Grad PLUS—the program which extends effectively unlimited taxpayer-funded loans to graduate students—and imposing caps on graduate loans for the first time since 2006….
July 1, 2025
More Information Sharing Means Fewer Taxpayer Losses to Fraud
…including protecting Americans’ privacy. But they will have a hard time defending the status quo, which resulted in massive taxpayer losses to fraud during the pandemic—that only continue to mount….
June 25, 2025
De-Skilling the Knowledge Economy
…going to find themselves competing with “AI natives,” who cannot conceive of a time without an “external brain” and digital adviser. The time to start teaching AI skills to the…
June 24, 2025
Public Housing and Rental Subsidies
…to federal spending on public housing and housing vouchers. Congress should consider these reforms and aim to phase out federal subsidies over time. Meanwhile, state and local governments should reform…
June 24, 2025
Putting the CBO’s Estimates of SNAP’s Work Requirement into Context
…the average month in FY 2023 (the most recent year of data), of which 6.5 million were not compliant with the 80 hour per month work requirement at the time…
June 24, 2025
Why Do Republicans Support the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit?
…alarming, Republicans concerned with upward mobility—as evidenced by their backing of work requirements for Medicaid and a potential time limit on public housing—should examine closely the rules and experiences related…
June 23, 2025
Boston’s Backward Housing Policy: More Demand Will Only Exacerbate the Supply Crisis
…more expensive housing allows older housing to become more affordable over time, much like how the new and used car market works. This approach isn’t just about adding supply; it’s…
June 20, 2025
What Kids Need—and Adults Need to Know—to Combat the Youth Mental Health Crisis
…no doubt that having fewer screens and fewer hours of screen time will help students stay on task. But early indications show the bans haven’t really moved the needle on…
June 17, 2025
Work Requirements For Medicaid Could Increase Income and Reduce Poverty
…time limits will find jobs, most at part-time hours,” and that they would “find year-round jobs with an hourly wage of nearly $6.00.” The modeling was “static” in the sense…