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July 12, 2023
New York Rent Control: Could the End be Near?
…the nation’s largest city—and in other cities which have similar regulation. New York is the case study for the legislation’s unfortunate repercussions. Although rents are kept low by law, owners…
July 10, 2023
Reforming the EITC to Reduce Single Parenthood and Ease Work-Family Balance
…the traditional family, the foremost institution shaping each generation of children. Using the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey, I find that in 2021, 40% of 17-year-olds with native-born parents had…
July 8, 2023
Why the End of Affirmative Action Is Good for Black Science Students
…40% offer physics. Only 9% of black students nationwide take advanced-placement courses in high school. According to research conducted at the University of Texas at Austin and Florida International University,…
July 7, 2023
With Affirmative Action Gone, We Should Focus Admissions Policies on Poverty
…people have a diversity that reflects the country. The nation’s history of slavery and racial discrimination will never be “over” in a final sense, and affirmative action has been useful…
July 3, 2023
Child Welfare’s Ideological Enforcer
…problems with the data used in Briggs’s analysis. They noted that the reliance on the National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System (NCANDS) created some of the problems. “NCANDS variables…
July 2, 2023
New York’s Quality of Life Budget: Focus on Improving Conditions for Everyday People First
…residents, rich and poor. Economists from the NYU Stern School, Columbia Business School and the National Bureau of Economic Research have set the context: declining commercial real estate property taxes…
June 30, 2023
House Republican Plan Penalizes Marriage
…trumpet their commitment to the family could at least make sure their family bill doesn’t penalize our nation’s most fundamental institution: marriage. Is there a better way forward? Thankfully, there…
June 30, 2023
The U.S. Could Learn a Lot from This School in the U.K.
Last month, I took advantage of a trip to the U.K. to spend a day observing at London’s legendary Michaela School, which serves about 800 students ages eleven to 18, a…
June 30, 2023
It’s Time to End Legacy Admissions
The Supreme Court’s decision in the UNC and Harvard cases was received, as most news is these days, in two quite different ways on the two sides of our political…
June 28, 2023
Yes, College Is Still a Good Investment
…Harvard economist David Deming shows that college education remains a worthwhile investment for long-term economic returns. Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Deming…