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May 25, 2023
Summary Pursuing new, commonsense approaches to education reform and work–family policies, from childcare and early education through higher education and workforce flexibility, will foster the conditions for family flourishing and…
May 25, 2023
Summary Pursuing new, commonsense approaches to education reform and work–family policies, from childcare and early education through higher education and workforce flexibility, will foster the conditions for family flourishing and…
May 23, 2023
…difficult to explain, replicate, and transfer through formal training processes. A recent study by a team including Stanford economist Erik Brynjolfsson suggests that we may resolve Polanyi’s Paradox by opening up a…
May 23, 2023
…least in theory—everyone can afford a mortgage. Some argue that since borrowers would no longer default, we could safely expand credit. To this end, the Federal Housing Finance Agency announced…
May 17, 2023
…impact of immigration enforcement on Black employment in a chicken-processing plant. Following a raid that nabbed three hundred undocumented workers at a neighboring plant, House of Raeford Farms quietly began…
May 12, 2023
…contrary to conventional wisdom, it has not become much more difficult to afford a family on a middle-class income, and that changes in family structure over the past half century…
May 6, 2023
In the coming months, Congress is expected to reauthorize the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), the country’s largest food assistance program that helps poor families afford groceries. Amidst ongoing debt…
May 5, 2023
…cheats; that it is wrong to ask whether the government can afford the price tag of programs that would ease poverty; that we could afford to make a dent in…
May 4, 2023
…of work can’t be overstated. A larger workforce also contributes significantly to our general prosperity allowing us to afford, among other things, a more effective safety net and better schools….
May 4, 2023
…he was joined by Indiana University’s Leslie Lenkowsky and the Woodson Center’s Robert Woodson—two integral contributors to AEI’s previous research efforts—who discussed the myriad ways that government crowds out civil…