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October 22, 2024
Poverty, Hardship, and Government Transfers
Abstract We examine how the well-being of those with few resources changed, amidst economic disruption and large, transitory government transfers. We find that in the years leading up to the…
October 11, 2024
Let’s Open the Black Box of Selective College Admissions
The aftermath of the 2023 Supreme Court ruling in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard (SFFA) has put a spotlight on the capriciousness of admissions practices at selective colleges. In SFFA, the Supreme…
June 20, 2024
The War on Poverty at 60: Lessons to Inform the Future
…Engineering, and Medicine argued that the supplemental poverty measure should be elevated to the nation’s headline poverty statistic. James Sullivan from the University of Notre Dame explained how a consumption…
May 6, 2024
How States and Communities Can Strengthen Marriages
Family is the greatest source of social capital, providing the setting in which people grow, develop, and anchor their lives. Stable and healthy marriages are at the foundation of strong…
April 10, 2024
The Political Landmines Buried in the Latest Jobs Report
…grown six times as fast as full-time employment during that period (rising by 5.99 percent versus 0.96 percent, respectively). As James Piereson recently noted, one explanation for the public’s continued frustration…
April 9, 2024
The Child Tax Credit: My Long-Read Q&A with Kevin Corinth
…Pethokoukis: Kevin, welcome to the podcast. Corinth: Thanks for having me on, Jim. I want to talk about a couple of things, one of those things is a government program….
April 5, 2024
What’s Wrong with the US Economy? Anything?
Economists were expecting 200,000 net new jobs added in March. Instead it was 50 percent more. Unexpected strength, but maybe not so unexpected, really, for an economy that continues to deliver…
March 28, 2024
Finally, a Chance to Start Getting Higher Ed Right
“Finally.” It’s a word those who’ve spent years sounding the alarm about the plight of higher education have been saying a lot lately. Finally, the thought-policing and groupthink have become…
March 25, 2024
Families Slip Back Into Poverty After Pandemic-Era Child Tax Credit Expires
…56 percent decline in child poverty. Joyce James leads The Middleburg Institute. Joyce James, Founder, The Middleburg Institute: Did you all know about the child tax credit? Amna Nawaz: A…
March 6, 2024
Caitlin Clark and Civil Society
…watched basketball’s inventor James Naismith teach the game. Wade brought the game back to the Hoosier state, where it put down deep roots. On a visit in 1925, Naismith himself…