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January 7, 2023
Personal Responsibility, Not Victimhood, Is the Path to Success
…adults, as well as for young people who were raised in poor families. Richard Reeves of the Brookings Institution, for instance, argued that “even when black Americans do follow all three norms,…
June 15, 2022
Second Time’s the Charm?
…This week, Romney (together with fellow Republicans Richard Burr and Steve Daines) has offered a revised version of the idea that might just have what it takes to patch up those differences…
August 23, 2021
Policies to Help the Working Class in the Aftermath of COVID-19: Lessons from the Great Recession
By Richard V. Burkhauser, Kevin C. Corinth, and Douglas Holtz-Eakin Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic and the associated government-mandated shutdowns caused a historic shock to the U.S. economy and a disproportionate…
July 2, 2021
Addressing the Shortcomings of the Supplemental Poverty Measure
Key Points The Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM) partly improves on the Official Poverty Measure but still suffers from several shortcomings that limit its usefulness as an effective poverty measure. The…
June 10, 2021
Long Shadows: The Black-White Gap in Multigenerational Poverty
Key Points This report examines racial disparities in income mobility across three generations by drawing on data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics. More than half a century since…
February 27, 2020
The American Dream Is Not Dead: A Book Event with Michael R. Strain
…a dynamic and upwardly mobile society. Following Dr. Strain’s remarks, Richard V. Reeves of the Brookings Institution offered thoughtful pushback to some of Dr. Strain’s main points, while concurring that…