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September 21, 2023

How Health Privacy Laws Are Hurting College Students and Their Families

…they were in some kind of danger. Lawsuits by parents over their children’s suicides are not uncommon. From a soccer goalie at Stanford to a basketball star at Canisius College…

September 20, 2023

Do Two Parents Matter More Than Ever?

…1996; W. Bradford Wilcox and Kathleen Kovner Kline. Gender and Parenthood. New York: Columbia University Press, 2013. 11. Adam Blandin and Christopher Herrington, “Family Heterogeneity, Human Capital Investment, and College Attainment,” American Economic…

September 18, 2023

Overregulated Childcare: Wisconsin’s 2023-’25 Biennial Budget and the Path Ahead

…in Wisconsin while maintaining a regulatory framework that drives up costs for families without much evidence of effectiveness. Alternatively, Republicans added funds to the budget to help families afford care,…

September 18, 2023

There’s an Easy Fix That Would Solve Our Housing Crisis: Light Touch Density

…earners could afford. For example, in New England in 1940, duplexes, triple deckers, and four-plexes comprised one-third of the region’s housing stock and offered naturally affordable housing to the masses….

September 18, 2023

A Degree of Risk

…enough to afford the price tag of enrollment, we should stop allowing students to borrow and use grants to attend that school or program of study. We must hold institutions…

September 17, 2023

Tracking ‘two-parent privilege’ in Utah

…and affluent homes. What we are seeing play out in Utah, as with America as a whole, is that the family is most fragile among those who can least afford

September 13, 2023

American Dreamers

…leveraging key educational and natural resource assets to promote new economic opportunities. Experts in addiction from AEI and Stanford talked about the causes of the regional opioid abuse crisis and…

September 12, 2023

Sociologist Brad Wilcox: Marriage is one of the strongest predictors of happiness for Americans

Brad Wilcox shares the latest research which finds married Americans are much happier than singles. He explains why it’s important for society to encourage young adults to pursue serious relationships….

September 12, 2023

Who Is Happiest? Married Mothers and Fathers, Per the Latest General Social Survey

Social media and mainstream media are replete with stories suggesting marriage and parenthood are not fulfilling, especially for women. Not surprisingly, many Americans now believe the key to being happy is a good education, work,…

August 31, 2023

Where Are The Energy Stamps, Joe?

…consumers who can afford only gas-powered vehicles. The administration’s green energy vision also includes mandating carbon-free electricity by 2035, requiring massive expansions in costly wind, solar, and other renewable energy. In states such as…