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August 3, 2023
Another Pandemic Legacy: Removing the EITC’s Work and Earnings Requirement
Since its origin in the 1970s, the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) has been the premier federal program promoting and rewarding work by low-income adults. As displayed below, taxpayers have…
August 2, 2023
The Best Predictor of Happiness in America? Marriage
Americans who are married with children are now leading happier and more prosperous lives, on average, than men and women who are single and childless. Is that statement surprising? In an age…
August 1, 2023
How the Middle Class Is Faring: My Long-Read Q&A with Jeremy Horpedahl
…as you mentioned, a one-male-earner household, essentially using the median earnings for a male 25 years or older. Another part of that is to say that maybe families can afford…
July 27, 2023
Perspective: Can artificial intelligence teach us to be better workers?
…to live with and resolve conflict. Rather than threatening our livelihoods, perhaps advances in AI social-emotional capacities are part of the solution to our soft-skills gap. A recent Stanford University study found use of chat…
July 25, 2023
Not Just Tulsa
…of jazz clubs, including the legendary Crawford Grill, and a stadium for the Negro League’s Pittsburgh Crawfords. (Crawford was a smaller neighborhood within the Hill.) In Cincinnati, planners set their…
July 21, 2023
Can Spain Defuse Its Depopulation Bomb?
Over the past 40 years, no party has dominated the Spanish political landscape like the Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party, or PSOE, now headed by Pedro Sánchez. Yet frustration over its…
July 18, 2023
The Great Recession, COVID-19, Interest Hikes Left a 15-Year Mark on Housing
…of mortgage defaults is unlikely. This is because as long as owners are employed, they can afford mortgage payments, and since their home values aren’t falling below the purchase price,…
July 16, 2023
When Office Perks Become Perils
…that zoos can afford to pay people less than a UPS driver. In other words, being a zookeeper is one of the perks of being a zookeeper, and people will…
July 14, 2023
Do We Need a Reboot? Challenging Prevailing Narratives on AI
…a new era of prosperity or hamper the U.S. in leading the way toward a better and more prosperous AI future. We recently hosted an AEI event with two Stanford University professors,…
July 13, 2023
Republicans Step Up to Lead on Higher Education Reform
…adequate accountability. Second, if you can afford to pay back your student loans, you should—and if you can’t, there should be well-functioning programs that make sure you don’t have to…