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Op-Ed
On the Federal Deficit, Picking the Low-Hanging Fruit Won’t Be Enough
…in only one corner of the federal budget. But that can’t obscure the bigger picture, which shows how little else matters until Americans and the politicians they elect get serious…
Article
Capital Gains Rules on Home Sales and Senior Homeowner Lock In
…demand are better matched. Implementing this initiative would have a minimal cost in lost tax revenue, as most of the tax gains on these homes would be eliminated upon the…
Op-Ed
What Harvard’s Raj Chetty Overlooks About Upward Mobility
…incarcerated than their counterparts in non-revitalized matched control projects.” (Some 27% of former project residents were guaranteed a “right to return” to housing, through HOPE VI.) What’s more, the key…
Op-Ed
Snow Excuses
…students got out of the habit of regular attendance, and schools now need to work with parents to reestablish expectations and set things right. Just last week, my colleague Nat Malkus, perhaps the nation’s…
Commentary
Medicaid’s Multiple Roles
Matt Weidinger’s December 2025 commentary argued persuasively that complexity has become an impediment to rational reform of the nation’s safety net. By approving scores of new programs across several decades,…
Op-Ed
Progress on Absenteeism Is Stalling. What Can We Do About It?
…more days following the pandemic compared with before it, and that every day of missed school matters—regardless of whether students reach the chronic absenteeism threshold, which works out to 18…
Journal Publication
Turnover Tactics: Unveiling the Frequency and Mechanisms of Counseling Out
Abstract: This study explores the prevalence and characteristics of “counseling out” as a human resource management tool used by principals to address teacher quality. Recognizing that teachers significantly impact student…
Op-Ed
Reemployment Bonuses: A Promising Path to Economic Recovery
…the match quality between wage earners and employers when workers return to employment. Apart from the direct effects of UI in labor markets, it is also reasonable to be concerned about…
Working Paper
The Philadelphia Story: The Impact of the 2000 Tax Abatement Program on Philadelphia’s Revival
…incentive materially increased marginal construction, contributed to reductions in vacancy and blight, and was associated with renewed population growth, while strengthening the city’s long-run fiscal position by converting nonperforming parcels…
Article
The AI Jobs ‘Bloodbath’ That Keeps Getting Postponed
…roughly 30 percent and “business operations specialists, all other” up nearly 60 percent since late 2022. Emerging technical categories are also expanding quickly, as “other mathematical-science occupations” have grown by…
Op-Ed
How to Prevent a Repeat of Massive Fraud and Abuse
…the claimant’s identity and prior work history is confirmed. And claims must be matched against prisoner rosters, death data, and claims filed in other states. All are common-sense measures needed…
Testimony
Congressional Testimony: Unlocking Capital to Save the American Dream
…to unlock 200,000 move-up homes per year. This would also set off a daisy-chain of moves, promoting a redistribution of home sizes so that supply and demand are better matched….