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April 9, 2024
The Child Tax Credit: My Long-Read Q&A with Kevin Corinth
…get no matter what. So the Wyden-Smith bill does not go there, but it goes part of the way there and I think it sets up a negotiating position. If…
April 8, 2024
We Still Don’t Know How Much Taxpayers Lost Due to Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Fraud
One of the first programs Congress created to assist Americans thrown out of work by the pandemic was the unprecedented Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) program. PUA expanded unemployment benefits to…
April 3, 2024
School Absenteeism Has Become A Big Problem. But We Can Do Something About It.
…tons of school,” he explains. Setting clear expectations. Partnering with parents. Making attendance matter. Restoring a sense of normalcy. This is all sensible advice for addressing absenteeism and for much…
March 11, 2024
How Many Forms of “Wage Insurance” Do We Need, Exactly?
…current safety net programs depicted below that assist low-income parents, along with major social insurance programs and even privately-funded benefits that specifically target non-workers. Source: Angela Rachidi, Matt Weidinger, and…
March 7, 2024
Growing Congressional Dysfunction Will Worsen Our Fiscal Problems
…this frustration is not to pretend that deficits don’t matter or ignore the challenge they pose — it’s for Washington to finally take deficits seriously and act to rein them in. Absent progress on bringing government spending…
March 1, 2024
How the Children’s Bureau Lost Its Way
…about infant mortality and children’s health. But it took longer for these matters to become the concern of the federal government. According to one article in the Encyclopedia of Chicago:…
February 29, 2024
Recalling Pandemic Lessons on “Self-Certifying” Eligibility
Sometimes what is left unmentioned can be far more important than what is said. A good example is obscure guidance issued last week by the US Department of Labor (DOL) encouraging workforce…
February 27, 2024
Options for Improving the Child Tax Credit Provisions in H.R. 7024, the Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act of 2024
H.R. 7024, the Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act of 2024, passed the House on January 31, 2024 and now faces an uncertain fate in the Senate. The…
February 22, 2024
Education and the Right
…how conservatives have interacted with educational institutions. AEI’s Matthew Continetti and Ramesh Ponnuru—drawing on their expertise in conservative history and policy—discussed the implications of the right’s growing power in education…
February 22, 2024
A Slow Start for Skills-Based Hiring
…of measuring ability through credentials, examinations, recommendations, and interviews. In a new report, Matt Sigelman and Alex Martin of the Burning Glass Institute and AEI’s Joseph Fuller of Harvard Business School…