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September 27, 2024
Food Insecurity Increases Driven by Middle- and High-Income Households
…22.3 20.0 21.8 Third Quintile 19.8 17.4 19.6 20.1 Fourth Quintile 19.9 16.2 20.0 15.2 Fifth Quintile 20.8 17.8 20.8 14.8 *Note: Household incomes are calculated by taking the median…
September 24, 2024
Household Food Insecurity Rises Again – Inflation, especially for households ineligible for safety net programs, to blame
…economic conditions—such as the poverty rate, the unemployment rate, median income, and homeownership—to assess whether changes in these economic factors appeared to explain the rise in food insecurity rates. Overall,…
September 20, 2024
Don’t Believe the Doomsayers. The American Dream Is Still In Reach for Young People
The American dream is still alive and can be achieved in just one generation, even among the most economically disadvantaged young people. That finding is among the most promising takeaways…
September 11, 2024
After Decades of Competitive Admissions, Getting into College Has Finally Become Easier
…roughly 1,400 public and private nonprofit colleges that grant mostly bachelor’s degrees or higher, the median institution reduced its admissions rate by six percentage points between 2002 and 2012. Admissions…
September 10, 2024
America is Still Working
…are the average across people of (weeks worked last year * usual hours per week worked last year). The estimates are for the civilian noninstitutionalized population of Americans aged 16…
September 4, 2024
Kamala Harris’s Housing Plan Would Be Worse Than Doing Nothing
…buyers typically make a median down payment of around $10,500, or 3 percent of the home price. We estimate that even without the Harris proposal, 3 million of its recipients…
September 3, 2024
Doing Right by Kids: A Book Event
…S. Hymowitz, William E. Simon Fellow, Manhattan Institute Matt Weidinger, Rowe Scholar, American Enterprise Institute Brad Wilcox, Nonresident Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute Moderator: Kevin Corinth, Deputy Director, Center on…
September 2, 2024
This Is How to Fix the Housing Crisis
…while overall inflation is dropping. The National Association of Realtors reports that the median sale price for an existing single-family home was $422,000 in the second quarter of 2024. One-half…
August 16, 2024
The Harris Campaign’s Foolish Down-Payment-Assistance Scheme
…report aptly titled “External Effects of Concentrated Mortgage Foreclosures,” found that “high-exposure neighborhoods tend to have a greater proportion of black and Hispanic residents, lower median incomes, lower median sales…
August 1, 2024
Two Outrageous Bills Kamala Harris Sponsored Would Crush Taxpayers
…could collect up to $10,000 per month or an astonishing $120,000 per year — nearly double the U.S. median household income of $67,521 in 2020. Across a span of 42…