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May 23, 2023
Public Housing Should Have Work Rules, Too
…contrast, a handful of public-housing authorities—including Chicago and Atlanta, two of the nation’s biggest—have had work requirements for more than a decade. They’ve been among a small group of local…
May 23, 2023
Biden Courts Another Mortgage Crisis
…to the 2008 financial crisis. Remember when in 1994 Fannie Mae committed to “transforming the nation’s housing finance system to make it accessible to everyone”? To quote Yogi Berra, “It’s like déjà…
May 17, 2023
The Wrong Immigration at the Wrong Time
…worker labor shortages, but could potentially have adverse effects on native-born workers, particularly Black men. During the pandemic, the employment rate for young Black men increased dramatically. For Black teenage…
May 12, 2023
Follow the Money as Hochul Floats Tobacco Ban While Pushing Legal Marijuana
…$5.85 — is the nation’s highest. It’s led to declining adult use. Yet even if no cigarettes were sold legally in New York the state will continue to receive a…
May 5, 2023
Wrong Diagnosis, Wrong Prescription
…means, naturally, that his proposed solutions tend to be unserious. He argues that the nation could afford to end poverty without increasing the deficit simply by cracking down on tax…
May 3, 2023
Work-for-Welfare Gains Traction Among Republicans
Last week, U.S. House Republicans included expanded work requirements for Medicaid, food stamps, and cash welfare benefits in their legislation to extend the federal debt limit. As employers continue to struggle to find workers, states,…
May 2, 2023
In Next Recession, Don’t Let Uncle Sam Be Uncle Sucker Again
…— when the federal government paid 100 percent of the cost. States naturally welcomed this arrangement. Alongside generous federal emergency benefits, it contributed to a record 73 weeks of federal unemployment checks…
May 1, 2023
Here’s How Hochul Can Salvage Her Goal of More Affordable Housing in NY
…and firefighters can’t find a place they can afford in the towns they serve as they once did. These situations cry out for “missing middle” or “naturally occurring affordable housing”:…
March 31, 2023
AI and the Future of Work: Preparing the Workforce for an AI-Driven Economy
…people to do much more.” How Workers and Businesses Can Prepare for the AI Economy of the Future By its nature, technological innovation requires businesses and workers to learn and…
February 14, 2023
Microsoft Is Getting Ready to Eat Google’s Lunch
…its assertions, some critics have labeled it a “bullshit generator” at least as it relates to natural language applications. But even with those limitations one could see this was a…