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August 8, 2025
Revise the Messenger
…Numbers were massively revised DOWNWARD, making a correction of over 818,000 Jobs — A TOTAL SCAM. Let’s stipulate that the three operational breaches in question were serious matters. Moreover, the…
August 7, 2025
Perspective on the OBBBA’s SNAP Cuts
…maintain a payment error rate below 6 percent—a historical benchmark—they will owe nothing toward benefit costs. The final OBBBA included a delay in implementation of the matching requirement until October…
August 4, 2025
Where Are the Pro-Family Senators?
…Not only did the Republican Senate not take the opportunity to match the House’s generosity regarding the child tax credit, they also inexplicably boosted three different policies that only serve families who rely on…
August 1, 2025
Trump’s tariff deadline: Six experts weigh in
…If Trump does not materially lower tariff rates, then the U.S. will experience higher unemployment, lower real incomes, slower economic growth, a less competitive manufacturing sector, fewer manufacturing workers and…
July 30, 2025
Is Marriage Back? Divorce Is Down, Family Stability Is Up
…to the idea that marriage matters. Even more importantly, major shifts in family behavior are underway that indicate marriage is strengthening as the primary anchor of family life. Divorce is…
July 30, 2025
It’s Not Surprising That No-Strings Attached Cash Didn’t Help Kids
…is generally weaker or relies on evidence from over half a century ago through the rollout of Food Stamps and other programs when baseline material wellbeing was far lower. The importance of…
July 24, 2025
Divorce In Decline: About 40% Of Today’s Marriages Will End In Divorce
…isn’t to say we can’t use older generations to project into the future. Indeed, that’s all we can really do. But it is to say that marriage cohorts matter, and…
July 17, 2025
Even after the One Big Beautiful Bill, Loopholes Allow Illegal Alien Adults to Receive Welfare and Other Benefits
One major set of policies Republicans touted in their One Big Beautiful Bill (now officially Public Law 119-21, signed on July 4, 2025) sought to end government benefit payments to…
July 2, 2025
Have You Heard the Good News?
…need. Second, the rose-colored remembrance of the joy and fulfillment from doing the equivalent of assembling 1950s automobiles all day is mostly a collective delusion. Material prosperity is good. In…
July 2, 2025
Holding Colleges Accountable: From Graduation to Gainful Employment
…the American Council on Education about the anticipated changes to accountability in higher education, moderated by USA Today’s Zachary Schermele. Submit questions to [email protected] or on X with #AEIRiskSharing. Event Materials Event Transcript: Holding Colleges Accountable:…