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October 9, 2024
Learning the Right Lessons from the “China Shock”
…it is about consumption, productivity growth, and wage growth. What, then, are the right lessons? There are two important lessons for economists and policymakers from the “China shock” literature. First,…
October 8, 2024
The Longshoremen Are Making the Wrong Demands
…of cheaper labor, relocated within the United States or overseas. Policymakers, focused on the real overall gains for the economy, gave little thought to the millions who would need retraining,…
October 3, 2024
Protectionism is Failing and Wrongheaded: An Evaluation of the Post-2017 Shift toward Trade Wars and Industrial Policy
…the US and Chinese economies. More fundamentally, the goals that have not been met are wrongheaded: policymakers should not pay inordinate attention to manufacturing employment, and the trade deficit is…
September 24, 2024
Household Food Insecurity Rises Again – Inflation, especially for households ineligible for safety net programs, to blame
…insecurity rates in the U.S. And in recent years, policymakers have both temporarily and permanently increased benefits for recipients. Of particular note is the permanent increase in SNAP benefits (approximately…
September 19, 2024
Government benefit programs already do a lot to help low income families
…whether to expand the CTC and by how much, policymakers should be aware of existing tax and transfer policies that already provide a substantial amount of support for low-income families….
September 17, 2024
Back to School: Shedding Light on Risks and Harm in the Private Student Lending and Servicing Market
At present there are more than 1.74 trillion dollars in student loans outstanding in the US economy. This is a massive amount of money that represents serious liabilities for millions…
September 11, 2024
Doing Right by Kids: A Book Event
…school reform and properly assessing student outcomes, and AEI’s Beth Akers addressed the absence of accountability and some of the cultural issues surrounding higher education. The event concluded with a…
September 10, 2024
America is Still Working
Sometimes it seems like Americans can’t decide whether we work too much or too little. We hear that because of rising inequality and a lack of good jobs, workers must…
August 26, 2024
Vouching for Self-Sufficiency
…According to Elizabeth Grossman, general counsel for FHJC, “There is no valid or even rational reason for landlords and brokers to discriminate against those with housing vouchers.” That’s just not…
August 2, 2024
Democrats’ Automatic Stimulus Proposals Undermine the Administration’s “Strongest Economy” Claims
Today’s US jobs report finds the nation’s unemployment rate increased to 4.3 percent in July. According to a measure often cited by liberal policymakers, that suggests the US has entered…