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January 2, 2025
AI Will Have a Major Impact on Labor Markets. Here’s How the US Can Prepare
…the nation’s analytic systems and reports are not geared to produce the forward-looking “headlight” measures decision-makers need to navigate ambiguous, rapidly evolving technological change. Federal statistical data usually tell us…
December 30, 2024
What’s behind the unprecedented rise in homelessness, and how can we reverse it?
…research published in 2017 I found only modest effects of permanent supportive housing on homeless populations. Thus, policymakers should not expect that further expansions of the stock of permanent supportive…
December 27, 2024
DOGE Can Drive Reforms in America’s Broken Safety Net Programs
…poverty. But reform could be on the horizon, led by the new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). DOGE can address these staggering failures by identifying how lawmakers can streamline programs…
December 20, 2024
Fixing Inflation, Right-Sizing the Federal Government
…(GDP)—a level not seen since 1958. When the 119th Congress and the second presidency of Donald Trump begin next month, policymakers will face a much more daunting fiscal crisis. Federal…
December 17, 2024
Industrial Policy and Deficits: Dark Clouds for Democratic Capitalism
…who wants a job can get a job. The unemployment rate remains very low — well under the rate at which most economists and Federal Reserve policymakers believe is sustainable…
December 11, 2024
Some College Graduates Are Taking Lower-Paying Jobs
…Employers will also need to address bias in hiring practices against people without college degrees. Policymakers must focus on creating more non-college pathways for these individuals to develop and prove…
December 5, 2024
SNAP and the “Make America Healthy Again” Agenda
…purchase with SNAP, policymakers would not only improve the health of participating households, but it would also likely lead retailers to supply and market their products differently—having impacts far beyond…
December 5, 2024
Inflation Reduction Act Offers a General Lesson against Industrial Policy
…absolutely raid it for revenue to reduce business taxes without increasing the budget deficit. If that happens, policy-makers should relearn a valuable lesson: Partisan industrial policy faces many obstacles to…
December 3, 2024
Avoiding an Unemployment Loan Bailout
Taxpayers in most states may have dodged a billion-dollar bullet on election day. That is, if the outcome had been different, liberal lawmakers would have been uniquely positioned to bail…
November 25, 2024
Don’t Write Off Workforce Pell Grants
…by an average of $4,000. High-quality programs such as FastForward shouldn’t lose out on federal funding simply because other workforce education courses demonstrate worse outcomes. Policymakers should adopt a posture…