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Commentary
Pandemic Unemployment Fraud Data Continue to Amaze—and Not in a Good Way
On May 18, or more than 1,700 days after an alphabet soup of temporary federal…
Commentary
Zoning Creates Not Just a Housing Affordability Problem, but a Childcare Affordability Problem Too
Childcare affordability and access are regulatory problems, but many miss the extent to which these…
Commentary
Bill Would Require States to Use Future Federal Funds to Repay Unemployment Loans First
Yesterday Rep. Vince Fong (R-CA) introduced H.R. 8892, the “Creating Accountability in Loan (CAL) Repayment…
COSM Commentary
Understanding the Recent Declines in SNAP Participation
The number of people receiving food assistance through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) has…
Commentary
The More Things Change, Medicaid Edition
“Clinics” with suspect professional credentials running up bills for publicly-insured low-income patients. Outlandish claim volumes…
Commentary
Opportunity Book: A New Tool for Connecting Policymakers with Innovative Ideas
Today the Center on Opportunity and Social Mobility at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) is…
Commentary
Assessing Duplicative Federal Benefit Programs and Preventing Abuse
This commentary reviews current means-tested federal benefit programs designed to assist low-income individuals and families….
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Time Limits and Work Requirements Would Improve Subsidized Housing Programs
Despite more than $60 billion in annual federal spending on rental assistance, only one in…
Commentary
Summary and Analysis of the “Stop Unemployment Fraud Act”
This week, senior House and Senate Members are introducing legislation designed to prevent a repeat of runaway fraud and abuse that afflicted…
Commentary
Young Men’s Earnings over the Long Run – An Update
Let me start with the chart: Median pre-tax earnings of men ages 25-29 rose 24…
Commentary
Medicaid’s Multiple Roles
Matt Weidinger’s December 2025 commentary argued persuasively that complexity has become an impediment to rational…
Commentary
Thankfully, Hunger in the US Remains Rare
Hunger in the United States, as most people understand it, is thankfully rare. According to…