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Op-Ed
Post-Prohibition Pot Regulation: Should It Be More Like Tobacco?
…the illicit market … [and l]egal sales have been on a two-year slide.” This, in the nation’s largest cannabis market. Non-legal sales are so common that consumer guide sites to…
Article
Red States Can Lead the Way on Marriage and Fatherhood
…magnet for families. With a low cost of living and a thriving job market, it makes sense that Forbes ranks it as one of the top ten states to which people are…
Blog Post
A Valuable New Perspective on America’s War on Poverty
…three key conditions: Firstly, its poverty rate in 1963 should align with the approximately 20 percent level Johnson identified, serving as a benchmark. Secondly, the 1963 poverty thresholds (poverty line)…
Journal Publication
Evaluating the Success of the War on Poverty since 1963 Using an Absolute Full-Income Poverty Measure
…modest. Additionally, government dependence increased over this time, with the share of working-age adults receiving under half their income from market sources more than doubling. Read the full paper here….
Op-Ed
Bribing Homeowners To Build Tiny Houses Won’t Solve NYC’s Housing Problem
…opposite of the type of zoning reform New York City needs. Rather than further distorting the housing market, already saddled with a million rent-regulated units and hundreds of thousands of…
Op-Ed
For kids, marriage still matters
…There’s no question that Rodgers is off the mark here in discounting the link between marriage and the welfare of children. All of this isn’t to denigrate the sacrifices and…
Op-Ed
Defining Poverty Up
…poverty in America. First, the SPM raises the national poverty guideline (often called the poverty line, which marks the income level where poverty ends) well above the level used by…
Article
Male Malaise Is Not Just About ‘the Culture’
…The research of the Princeton economist Mark Aguiar and his team suggests that screentime can account for nearly half of the drop in working hours for men in their twenties…
Op-Ed
The Jobless AI Future Is Still a Long Way Off
…them in the labor market, driving up their wages and incomes. Higher incomes will increase overall demand for goods and services in the economy, which in turn will increase the…
Op-Ed
How The IRS Discourages Boomer Charity
…greater rate, falling 6.4%, or 13.4% inflation-adjusted. There are a wide range of explanations for the drop, including a rocky stock market and the ongoing effects of the Tax Cuts…
Op-Ed
What Dems — And NYC — Can Learn From The GOP’s Bronx City Council Win
…help a favored few while distorting the overall housing market. Income-restricted “affordable” units require households to qualify based on their income — but they can stay as long as they want…