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Op-Ed
Union Square Melee Proves Riots Have Little to Do with Real Political Grievances
…legendary phrase, “rioting for fun and profit.” Banfield, in his landmark 1970 book “The Unheavenly City,” usefully delineated mass actions. “Demonstrations” linked clearly to a cause are not riots —…
Op-Ed
The Right Way to Fix Public Broadcasting
…produce original content or have no reason to exist. They face a market test: To survive, they must raise funds from their communities to augment those from Washington. That contrasts…
Report
Rent Control ‘Shabbifying’ NY’s Housing As Owners Feel the Squeeze
…disappeared. The difference between median regulated rents ($1,400) and unregulated rents ($1,825) is not nearly as great as protestors would have folks think. And the rising vacancy rate suggests market…
Op-Ed
The Racial Wealth Gap: Myths and Realities
The racial wealth gap has become a central component of claims of systemic racism and one of the core justifications for reparations. The main focus has been on housing market…
Op-Ed
The Best Predictor of Happiness in America? Marriage
…and unmarried Americans. This happiness boost held true for both men and women. “Marital status is and has been a very important marker for happiness,” researcher Sam Peltzman concludes. “The…
Blog Post
How the Middle Class Is Faring: My Long-Read Q&A with Jeremy Horpedahl
…that someone with their market wages they’re being paid is then going to have to turn around and pay $20,000 in health insurance costs, this is just not the case….
Report
The Utah Model: Workforce Programs and Services Integration Tool Kit
…in the labor market. Utah’s integrated model for workforce and social assistance—the Utah Department of Workforce Services—provides a “playbook” for building state-of-the-art service delivery that maximizes use of taxpayer dollars…
Op-Ed
Time to Do Something About the NILFs
…of the latter devoted to looking at screens: phones, computers, and television. If our blistering hot labor market, rapid wage increases, and growth in traditionally male-dominated occupations are not enough to coax men back into…
Op-Ed
How Worker Benefits Turn into Welfare
…into the UI system, contradicting its social insurance marketing. As the massive pandemic expansions displayed as never before, that also removed an important restraint on the scale of benefit increases—that…
Blog Post
Why Is Economic Growth Good?
…and wants? As the New York Times once wrote about Apple co-founder Steve Jobs: “Mr. Jobs’s own research and intuition, not focus groups, were his guide. When asked what market research went into the…
Op-ed
Not Just Tulsa
…were doing blacks a favor by including them in these programs. Many then viewed public housing as desirable quarters. As Edward Banfield and Martin Meyerson wrote in their landmark book…
Blog Post
The Power of the Humble Pub
…more recently fewer of us feel like we belong to them.” Another recent survey found a marked decline in community connection and sense of kinship with their local area even…