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September 19, 2023

Senator Tim Scott’s New Plan to Cut Taxes

Senator and Republican presidential candidate Tim Scott (R-SC) released a new economic plan this week. The plan addresses issues such as the national debt, federal spending, trade, and the economy. The plan…

September 15, 2023

What Does a Good Economy Look Like?

…2024. Let’s start with a chart from Scott Winship at the American Enterprise Institute (where I am a nonresident fellow), who is a longtime skeptic of the more dire populist diagnoses of…

September 15, 2023

Cities and Severe Mental Illness: The Challenge in New York City and Los Angeles

…are grappling with similar problems. Agenda 10:30 a.m. Opening Remarks Robert Doar, President, AEI 10:45 a.m. Panel Discussion Panelists: Scott Auwarter, Assistant Executive Director, Bronxworks Pietro D’Ingillo, Clinical and Forensic…

September 15, 2023

Putting This Year’s Poverty Numbers in Context

On Tuesday, the Census Bureau released its latest income and poverty estimates covering calendar year 2022, including two assessments of poverty in America. One, called the Official Poverty Measure (OPM),…

September 12, 2023

Measuring Poverty: The New Census Estimates and the Future of Poverty Measurement

…New Census Income and Poverty Estimates for 2022 Panelists: Angela Rachidi, Rowe Scholar, AEI Matt Weidinger, Rowe Scholar, AEI Scott Winship, Director, Center on Opportunity and Social Mobility, AEI Moderator:…

September 6, 2023

Working from Home Has Increased More Modestly Than Many Believe

…pre-pandemic surveys to which it links its estimates are not comparable to the SWAA. As one of us (Winship) explained in a report on food hardship with Angela Rachidi, linking…

August 2, 2023

Measuring Social Capital: Can We Tell If Some Places Are Richer in Social Capital Than Others?

The concept of social capital has been inconsistently defined and described.[1]That should not be surprising, given that social capital is intangible and not easily measured. (The same is true of…

August 1, 2023

How the Middle Class Is Faring: My Long-Read Q&A with Jeremy Horpedahl

…to middle-class families, and people are willing to pay for it. I think that fits into what we’re doing in the data. You, along with AEI’s Scott Winship, took a…

July 28, 2023

It Really Is More Expensive to Give Everyone $1 Than to Give Some People $1

In a piece from last year, Matt Bruenig of the People’s Policy Project argues (in the title of the piece) “Universal Benefits Cost Less Than Means-Tested Benefits.” He lays out his central…

July 27, 2023

Time to Do Something About the NILFs

…relevant given the widespread abuse of opioids among this demographic. Scott Wetzler, a clinical psychologist and professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Montefiore Medical Center in New York, has demonstrated that incorporating work requirements into SUD treatment plans improves recovery…