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May 3, 2023
The Mainline Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Social Capitalism
…time parents spend with their children. In addition to family measures, the Social Capital Index accounts for the strength of individuals’ relationships outside the household and their connection with the…
May 1, 2023
Promoting Mobility Through SNAP: Toward Better Health and Employment Outcomes
…receives SNAP. Both datasets are cross-sectional, meaning the results reflect the SNAP caseload at points in time, not necessarily the same individuals over time. For our analyses, we grouped SNAP…
May 1, 2023
Here’s How Hochul Can Salvage Her Goal of More Affordable Housing in NY
…What’s more, the switch to all-electric at the same time she’s pushing for a switch to unreliable power sources — think wind and solar — means not only higher power…
April 28, 2023
Social Capital: What Is It?
…assess trends in the various components of social capital (or to consider their distribution across Americans at a point in time). Since Robert Putnam first popularized the concept of social…
April 18, 2023
Introduction to The Social Breakdown
…improve the state of social capital among those most in need—clearing a path to pursue the American dream and foster meaningful social connections. It is long past time to worry…
April 4, 2023
Why Foster Children Are Sleeping in Offices and What We Can Do About It
…of court 12 separate times in 2022 for failing to provide an appropriate placement for foster children—the last finding centering on a 15-year-old girl who was held in a mental hospital for…
March 31, 2023
AI and the Future of Work: Preparing the Workforce for an AI-Driven Economy
…incomes. This hopeful view is not the same thing, however, as saying that new technology, like artificial intelligence, will be all upside for every worker, all the time, everywhere. The…
March 6, 2023
The Federal AI Shambles
…an activist federal government excessively slowing or limiting development. At the same time, if regulation lags too much, that can be problematic as well. A recent study by the Stanford Human-Centered AI…
March 2, 2023
The Lost World of Ecumenical Republicanism
…campaign that foundered on the then-unthinkable idea that a man might divorce, remarry, and begin a new family with his new wife. Times, as they say, have changed. Before the…
February 23, 2023
Distance to 100: An Alternative to Racial Achievement Gaps
…administration, cowrote a book titled The Black-White Achievement Gap: Why Closing It Is the Greatest Civil Rights Issue of Our Time. Nearly a decade later, former Secretary of Education John…