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The End of Affirmative Action Calls for a Renewed Conservatism of Opportunity
…college, entering adulthood without the knowledge and skills that are most highly compensated in the labor market. And, in marked contrast to the picture in the early days of affirmative…
Op-Ed
Democrats Call Biden’s Economy “Savage” in Attempt to Revive Child Tax Credit
…in the job market” have grown. Another noted how in 2021, her family could afford a vacation yet today was straining to afford children’s shoes. Why are these Democrats bashing Biden’s economy in the…
Op-Ed
Yes, College Is Still a Good Investment
…levels of experience and education tend to gain new skills faster, and the market rewards that learning through higher wages. One step-up begets the next, and nothing succeeds like success….
Blog Post
Is ‘Bidenomics’ Even a Thing, Really?
…substance rather than a mere marketing gimmick: Bidenomics is rooted in the simple idea that we need to grow the economy from the middle out and the bottom up—not the…
Blog Post
House Republican Plan Penalizes Marriage
…“amazingly large.” Specifically, “Public assistance caseloads have declined by half since their peak in 1994. . . . Labor market participation among single mothers with young children—the group historically most likely…
Op-Ed
City Can No Longer Afford Life-Long Subsidies for Lucky NYCHA Tenants
…Far better to compensate current Chelsea-Elliott-Fulton tenants, provide them time to find new housing and “unfreeze” some of NYCHA’s frozen real estate. In the private housing markets (in which most…
Op-Ed
SNAP Can Improve Nutrition, Help Farmers, and Support the Environment
…one year. According to Wall Street Journal reporting, snack companies are doubling down on their snacking strategy, while other traditional food companies are looking to enter the snack food market…
Op-Ed
The Bad Math Behind Economic Doomerism
It’s a big week for American Compass, a think tank founded in 2020 that fancies itself as the “pre-eminent alternative to the Old Right’s market fundamentalism.” On the heels of its new…
Blog Post
Instead of ‘Late Capitalism,’ Maybe the US Economy Is Still in ‘Early Capitalism’
…market level, pay increases for low-wage workers were associated with tightening labor markets. These dynamics delivered a period in which earnings growth has been higher for workers at the bottom…
Report
Better Data Means Better Policy
…to compound into marked differences in long-term income growth. This point contradicts any insinuation that the Census Bureau implemented this change for political reasons. Using a more accurate inflation measure…
Blog Post
Is There an AI Gender Gap?
…going away. Its influence on our lives and jobs is growing rapidly with a flood of new tools entering the market on a daily basis. Some of these innovations will…
Op-Ed
Now Political Polarization Comes for Marriage Prospects
…has seen single young men shift slightly to the right and single young women move markedly left, which means that the ideological divide between the sexes is growing. This poses…