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September 9, 2024

The Nanny State Is Not the Answer to Parents’ Challenges

…solutions could make matters worse. Murthy comes to us as a father himself, who says the work of parenting is “sacred.” He describes the stress not only of finding child…

September 5, 2024

Hurt Pennsylvania’s Workers to Win Pennsylvania’s Votes?

…preparing to announce that he will formally block Nippon Steel’s proposed $14.9 billion acquisition of U.S. Steel, according to three people with knowledge of the matter, who spoke on the…

August 29, 2024

The Distribution of Social Capital across Individuals and its Relationship to Income

…measure of income. We find that social capital increases with income but at a decreasing rate. The source of income matters, as an extra $10,000 in market income is associated…

August 29, 2024

Kamala Harris Wants to Turn the Tax Code into a Mammoth ATM

Given her liberal record, it’s no surprise that Vice President Kamala Harris’s recently released economic agenda calls for vast increases in benefits for low-income adults. But it should be surprising for that…

August 28, 2024

Some Context Behind JD Vance’s Child Tax Credit Comments

Recently, GOP Vice Presidential nominee JD Vance said on Face the Nation “We should expand the child tax credit… I’d love to see a child tax credit that’s $5,000 per…

August 18, 2024

Why NYC’s Most Affordable Housing May Already Be Available

…we need. New York City law makes matters worse in other ways, as well.  To guard against overcrowding, the city requires every resident to have a minimum of 80 square…

August 15, 2024

Kamala Harris Will Pay You Not to Work

A recent study confirms that universal basic income—no-strings-attached benefit checks offered to recipients regardless of need or contribution to the program—discourages work. That’s relevant to the presidential race. Kamala Harris…

August 2, 2024

Democrats’ Automatic Stimulus Proposals Undermine the Administration’s “Strongest Economy” Claims

Today’s US jobs report finds the nation’s unemployment rate increased to 4.3 percent in July. According to a measure often cited by liberal policymakers, that suggests the US has entered…

August 1, 2024

Two Outrageous Bills Kamala Harris Sponsored Would Crush Taxpayers

As a U.S. senator, Vice President Kamala Harris had a remarkably slim record of accomplishments, shepherding only a handful of minor resolutions across the finish line. But that’s far from…

July 29, 2024

The Rise of ‘Marriage Deserts’ and What We Can Do About Them

…so that kids from all kinds of communities have a shot at one of the things that matters most: a good marriage. Chris Bullivant is a senior fellow of the Social Capital…