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December 11, 2023
How to make smartphones and apps safer for kids
…the second time Utah, under Cox’s leadership, sued a social media company (the previous being against TikTok, probably the worst app for kids); nonetheless, the suit’s bipartisan nature and its…
December 11, 2023
Has Inequality Made Americans Poorer than Bulgarians, Russians, and Filipinos?
A recent column by John Burn-Murdoch in the Financial Times presents statistics side-by-side showing that “the wealthiest Americans are the richest people in the developed world, but America’s poorest are…
December 11, 2023
How Public Housing Encourages Single Parenthood and Penalizes Marriage
…for low-income single-parent households provides housing for those in desperate need but—at the same time—may encourage single-parent household formation. It’s hard to be sure that “doubling-up” is worse. The public…
December 8, 2023
Room for Compromise on the Hot Foods Act
…food items prepared at home. At the same time, however, SNAP allows unhealthy food items that detract from the nutrition goals of the program. Because consumers’ preparation and consumption habits…
December 8, 2023
Biden’s Even Worse Version of “Free College”
…Public Service Loan Forgiveness) to cost about $8 billion over a 10-year period. With Biden’s changes, IDR could cost 45 times that much. Until 2010, the federal student-lending program mostly…
December 8, 2023
A Framework for Reforming Federal Graduate Student Aid Policy
…considerations, it is past time to explore the impact of graduate student debt and whether federal policy mechanisms are working effectively for students and taxpayers. The American Enterprise Institute, EducationCounsel,…
December 8, 2023
Graduate Student Lending in Desperate Need of Reform
…system have become so apparent that higher education thinkers from across the spectrum (who disagree on most everything) have come together to say: It’s time to reform graduate student lending….
December 4, 2023
A Pro-Market and Pro-Social Economy
…owners of capital are just as inclined as ardent socialists to seek such favors. But only free markets have demonstrated the power to raise living standards over time. It is worth noting at this…
December 4, 2023
Post-Prohibition Pot Regulation: Should It Be More Like Tobacco?
…imagine a practical way to put the pot genie back in its pipe. It’s time to rethink what can be called our post-Prohibition era for cannabis — to accept the…
December 1, 2023
Making the Child Tax Credit “Fully Refundable” Converts It into Welfare Checks
…have to work at least part time (that is, earning at least $2,500 per year) to collect any CTC payments. The work incentive means that low-income parents see their CTC…