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September 18, 2023

No Culture Wars, Please, We’re Academics

…seeks to maintain her standing in her narrow world, Ian Rowe of the American Enterprise Institute has been going around the country trying to get schools to teach the “Success…

September 15, 2023

What Does a Good Economy Look Like?

…our ills. It shows, along various different methods of estimation, the median income for American men — whose difficulties are of particular concern to conservative populists worried about marriageability, family…

September 15, 2023

Cities and Severe Mental Illness: The Challenge in New York City and Los Angeles

…Psychologist, Sheriff’s Department, Los Angeles County Stephen Espinoza, Former Captain, Emergency Service Unit, New York City Police Department Brian Stettin, Senior Adviser for Severe Mental Illness, Office of New York…

September 14, 2023

The Privilege Hiding in Plain Sight

…life prospects of children — far more than the usually invoked suspects of race and gender. According to Kearney, in 2019, “77% of white children and 88% of Asian children…

September 13, 2023

American Dreamers

…those most at risk of not achieving their full potential. Last March, VCW and AEI’s Academic Programs office convened the Appalachian Policy Summit, inviting students and professors for a weekend…

September 12, 2023

Measuring Poverty: The New Census Estimates and the Future of Poverty Measurement

…New Census Income and Poverty Estimates for 2022 Panelists: Angela Rachidi, Rowe Scholar, AEI Matt Weidinger, Rowe Scholar, AEI Scott Winship, Director, Center on Opportunity and Social Mobility, AEI Moderator:…

September 12, 2023

Please, Gen Z Aren’t “Doomed to be the First Generation of Americans Who Will Grow Up with a Lower Standard of Living Than Their Parents”

…the 19th-century British historian and politician, Thomas Babington Macaulay: “On what principle is it that with nothing but improvement behind us, we are to expect nothing but deterioration before us?”…

September 12, 2023

Housing Finance Watch (Week 35 & 36, 2023)

PDF to full report Key takeaways: The median purchase rate rose 1/8 ppts. over the past week to 7 1/8%. Mortgage News Daily reported a daily avg. 30-year rate of…

September 1, 2023

Despite Staggering Improper Payments, New Labor Department Report Calls for Reviving Pandemic Unemployment Assistance

…massive numbers. In May 2020, the Secret Service issued an alert about “large-scale fraud” targeting multiple states. Washington officials reported “a Nigerian fraud ring” made off with hundreds of millions of dollars. Maine joined…

August 29, 2023

Skate Parks: Appreciating Another Third Place

…irrelevant . . . [and are] egalitarian and inclusive.” Girls and women, like my daughter, are a significantly growing proportion of the community. The marketplace clearly wants spaces and parks for…