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Prioritizing Money Over Marriage, Today’s Parents Are Making a Big Mistake
As parents of teens, we have kids who are beginning to think about their adult…
Blog Post
“Gig,” Contract, and Nontraditional Workers
A recurring theme of the Workforce Futures Initiative has been how little we know about…
Op-Ed
Labor Unions and the “Double-Helix” of America’s Workforce Development Future
The role of labor unions in the future of American workforce development depends largely on…
Op-Ed
Personal Responsibility, Not Victimhood, Is the Path to Success
There are too many barriers that stand in the way of the American dream for black…
Multimedia
Defending the American Dream with Michael Strain
Our interview this week is with the American Enterprise Institute’s Michael Strain. Michael is the…
Op-Ed
Systemic Disadvantage
The term “systemic racism” freezes social, political, and policy conversation. As soon as the words…
Op-Ed
Perspective: Women Are More Likely to Make Friends at Work Than Men. Here’s Why That Matters
Despite efforts to close the gender wage gap, the difference between men’s and women’s wages…
Op-Ed
Perspective: Is your boss on your DOS? How remote work monitoring can work
The challenge is to develop and use tools that reinforce trust rather than weaken it…
Book
A Safety Net for the Future: Overcoming the Root Causes of Poverty
The 1996 welfare reform law replaced Aid to Families with Dependent Children with the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program, shifting the safety net toward work requirements, time limits, and greater state flexibility and accountability. Following these reforms, welfare caseloads fell sharply, employment among single mothers increased, and child poverty declined. However, many other programs subsequently expanded due in part to their lack of similar pro-work features, contributing to a complex system of rising spending on over 80 federal means-tested programs. Federal reforms should refocus the broader safety net on promoting work and marriage, strengthen state incentives to move recipients into employment, and reform refundable tax credits to better reward work while encouraging state innovation and accountability.
Op-Ed
The Myth of Income Stagnation
According to the conventional wisdom, income stagnation and inequality are large and growing threats to…