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July 12, 2023
Local News and Social Capital
…that serve other local enterprises. Others, however—such as Cardinal News in southwest Virginia and the New Bedford Light in southeastern Massachusetts—use a nonprofit model that allows them to receive grants…
July 12, 2023
New York Rent Control: Could the End be Near?
…far beyond simple price regulation. The law requires those setting prices to consider the ability of potential tenants to afford the rent. It’s as if Walmart were required to sell…
July 10, 2023
Reforming the EITC to Reduce Single Parenthood and Ease Work-Family Balance
…doubles to $12,807. For families already headed by a married couple, the reformed EITC would, at a minimum, serve as an effective tax cut, increasing their ability to afford necessities,…
July 2, 2023
New York’s Quality of Life Budget: Focus on Improving Conditions for Everyday People First
…that needs police protection. It is the children of the poor — not those able to afford private school — who need schools which can demonstrate success. There are headlines…
June 30, 2023
Democrats Call Biden’s Economy “Savage” in Attempt to Revive Child Tax Credit
…in the job market” have grown. Another noted how in 2021, her family could afford a vacation yet today was straining to afford children’s shoes. Why are these Democrats bashing Biden’s economy in the…
June 30, 2023
House Republican Plan Penalizes Marriage
We just got more bad news about marriage. A record-high 25% of 40-year-olds in the United States were never married in 2021, according to sobering new statistics from the Pew Research Center. That statistic compares to…
June 24, 2023
Family Affordability in America: A Story of Decline or Achievement?
…in America. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSCPLEy7rAY Event Summary The event began with presentations from the three panelists, each presenting original research on changes in the ability of the average American to afford a…
June 24, 2023
City Can No Longer Afford Life-Long Subsidies for Lucky NYCHA Tenants
If the definition of insanity involves doing the same thing repeatedly and hoping for a different result, maybe the long-troubled New York City Housing Authority, the nation’s largest, isn’t entirely…
June 22, 2023
System Error: Where Big Tech Went Wrong and How We Can Reboot
Event Summary On June 22, AEI’s Brent Orrell and Shane Tews were joined by Rob Reich of the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence and Jeremy M. Weinstein of the…
June 22, 2023
The Cost of Thriving Has Fallen: Correcting and Rejecting the American Compass Cost-of-Thriving Index
Abstract The Cost-of-Thriving Index (COTI), developed by American Compass Executive Director Oren Cass, asks whether families can afford a middle-class lifestyle. It compares the costs of five goods and services…