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August 14, 2023
The Narcissism of Small Diffidences
…for it, and keep earning it. Only then will you matter in this house, at this school, in this world.” Teaching kids that they matter is hard to do in…
August 11, 2023
Why Does NY Campaign To Stop Smoking But Not Illicit Drug Use?
…is no small matter in light of the latest Gallup survey finding 17% of Americans regularly smoke pot. Yet the state OCM chooses not to draw attention to health matters;…
August 9, 2023
The CTC Work Incentive Works
…Figure 3, parents working multiple jobs is extremely rare no matter the family income, but especially uncommon among families with income below the full-CTC income threshold. The belief that many…
August 8, 2023
Bad Hoosiers
…of the 1920s and those we are struggling with today. As Matthew Continetti noted last year in his magisterial review of American conservatism, American nativism is a recurring national phenomenon. Like the…
August 7, 2023
Union Square Melee Proves Riots Have Little to Do with Real Political Grievances
The most revealing thing about Friday’s Union Square pop-up riot is that as police dispersed the mob, members started chanting, “Black Lives Matter.” Make no mistake: This was not a protest on…
August 5, 2023
Rent Control ‘Shabbifying’ NY’s Housing As Owners Feel the Squeeze
…matters even worse, barring rent increases for major improvements, lest they enable the alleged ill of gentrification. But the details of Gotham’s housing maintenance woes should get far more attention….
August 4, 2023
The Racial Wealth Gap: Myths and Realities
…mattered. Black people were viewed as a contagion.” Indeed, one study that comprehensively covered this issue concluded that the vast majority of black-owned housing were accurately classified. It concluded: “Our results…
August 3, 2023
Philanthropists Discover the Value of “Sunsetting”
…E. Simon and his wife Carol, the foundation has given away almost $300 million to the causes that mattered to them—faith, family and education. It has made some 13,000 grants…
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 3, 2023
Does Money (and Economic Growth) Buy Happiness?
…US, well done. Time to dial things down. Less work, more leisure. But maybe not. A 2021 analysis by Matthew A. Killingsworth, a senior fellow at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School,…