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November 28, 2022

Public School Instructional Offerings and Enrollment Changes: Evidence from Two Years After the Pandemic

…school closures, 2020–21 and 2021–22. Understanding the relationship between reopening policies and enrollment changes can help policymakers prepare for future challenges that could arise in schools. For example, large enrollment…

September 12, 2022

Section 199A and “Tax Parity”

…income and investment. After 2025, lawmakers have an opportunity to revisit Section 199A and consider alternative reforms to the tax treatment of business income. Read the PDF. Executive Summary In…

August 30, 2022

Biden’s Student Loan Debt Plan is Driven by Politics, Not Economics

…be facing higher prices and less conservative borrowing as a result of last week’s cancellation announcement. I’ve spent the past decade working to help policy makers and the public better…

February 23, 2022

The Case Against Universal Free Lunch

…workday to feed their child. Which attitude—that of Swiss parents or that of American progressives—is more conducive to a flourishing society? Although American policymakers tend to exhibit what Oren Cass…

November 16, 2021

The Changing Face of Social Breakdown

…broadly understood, a recognition of the changing face of social breakdown ought to mean looking for ways to help people find and follow this better path. Policymakers have to translate…

July 2, 2021

Addressing the Shortcomings of the Supplemental Poverty Measure

…the Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM) has offered researchers and policymakers an alternative way of measuring poverty in the United States and assessing the effectiveness of antipoverty policy. The SPM addresses…

August 3, 2020

Replace the Federal Student Loan System with an Income Share Agreement Program

…help. However, debt forgiveness plans, such as those proposed by Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), deliver the biggest benefits to those who need it least. A better…

November 13, 2019

Work, Family, and Community

…guide policy-makers and analysts moving forward, and we comment on challenges and potential solutions offered in this collection of work. We conclude with some suggestions for how the safety net…