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Op-Ed
The State of Democratic Capitalism: 2023
…on politics erodes. And the larger the role of the state in economic affairs, the smaller the role for voluntary cooperation among society as a whole. The voluntary nature of…
Commentary
Has Inequality Made Americans Poorer than Bulgarians, Russians, and Filipinos?
…and in person by trained surveyors. As a result of the temporarily modified administration, fewer people cooperated when approached to participate in the survey. The response rate fell from 60…
Op-Ed
Biden’s Even Worse Version of “Free College”
…taxpayer loan) or dropping out of college. As economist Preston Cooper has noted, “Given that 38 percent of students do not finish college and 54 percent of those that finish received Pell Grants,”…
Op-Ed
How AI with “Theory of Mind” Could Help in the Workplace
…worker-training value. But advanced ToM technology might open up a whole new range of opportunities—from reading social situations and facial expressions to signaling our own intentions and cooperating with others—for workers who,…
Working Paper
Child Support Policy: Areas of Emerging Agreement and Ongoing Debate
…government costs. Finally, we outline areas of agreement and disagreement related to mandated cooperation with CSE. In this way, we aim to clarify both areas where bipartisan policy reforms may…
Blog Post
Value Needs to be the Next Buzzword in Higher Education
…decision-making. For our first panel, I was joined by Sarah Turner, professor and economist at the University of Virginia; Preston Cooper, Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Research on Equal…
Op-Ed
SNAP Can Improve Nutrition, Help Farmers, and Support the Environment
…on SNAP-eligible foods, which could also influence other consumers. Finally, the USDA could also simplify the process for becoming a SNAP-retailer for producers of “green” foods, including local farming cooperatives,…
Report
The Mainline Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Social Capitalism
…communities through volunteerism, local civic engagement, or cooperation with neighbors. The strength of our social capital is not predicated exclusively on our most intimate social ties among friends and family;…
Op-Ed
Heeding the Warning from the Future
…and may be rooted in certain evolutionary advantages (e.g., pattern-seeking, symbolic language, cooperative skills) that have betrayed us. The erosion of traditional authority, namely religion, and the transition away from…
Op-Ed
Dynamism as a Public Philosophy
…workers. Based on a study analyzing countries in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Phelps and Gylfi Zoega find that the “corporatist belief that core elements of human fulfillment would…
Op-Ed
For SNAP to Work, It Must Emphasize More Work
…to ensure that children in single-parent families receive the child support they deserve by mandating that custodial parents seeking SNAP benefits cooperate in establishing child support orders. Less than half…