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December 18, 2023
No Excuses Now for NYCHA
…liked to blame the decline of what was once the nation’s best-managed public-housing system on someone who left office in 1989: Ronald Reagan. Now, thanks to the results of an…
December 18, 2023
The State of Democratic Capitalism: 2023
…Trump administrations. The dark clouds of populism and economic nationalism The United States has been living through an era of populism since the 2008 global financial crisis and Great Recession….
December 14, 2023
The Myth of the 1%
…new research finds that it may not be true, suggesting that policymakers would do better to focus more on helping the working class. WASHINGTON, DC—For decades, the share of national…
December 11, 2023
How to make smartphones and apps safer for kids
…the second time Utah, under Cox’s leadership, sued a social media company (the previous being against TikTok, probably the worst app for kids); nonetheless, the suit’s bipartisan nature and its…
December 11, 2023
How Public Housing Encourages Single Parenthood and Penalizes Marriage
…public housing projects as locales of “concentrated poverty,” that was far from the original New Deal goal for the program, when enacted through the National Housing Act of 1937 (as…
December 8, 2023
Biden’s Even Worse Version of “Free College”
…will change behavior. That’s why cost estimates for changes to repayment programs have consistently underestimated the cost to taxpayers. As my AEI colleague Nat Malkus has calculated, Congress expected IDR (and…
December 4, 2023
A Pro-Market and Pro-Social Economy
…comparing the ideas of self-labeled National Conservatives (“NatCons”) and President Biden’s tariff and subsidy policies would like more like a near-total eclipse than a Venn diagram. Many on the populist right pine for an era in…
December 4, 2023
Post-Prohibition Pot Regulation: Should It Be More Like Tobacco?
…the illicit market … [and l]egal sales have been on a two-year slide.” This, in the nation’s largest cannabis market. Non-legal sales are so common that consumer guide sites to…
December 1, 2023
Red States Can Lead the Way on Marriage and Fatherhood
…homes headed by single mothers. That number has not changed much since 2018. In 2020, nearly 45 percent of all births were to unmarried women, above the national average of…
November 27, 2023
Bribing Homeowners To Build Tiny Houses Won’t Solve NYC’s Housing Problem
…“affordable” units, the city should free homeowners to build small, cheap ADUs that are naturally affordable — because they’re small and cheap. Keep in mind that what may seem like…