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Testing Theories of Why: Four Keys to Interpreting US Student Achievement Trends
January 24, 2025 | Nat Malkus
The Targeting of Place-Based Policies: The New Markets Tax Credit Versus Opportunity Zones
January 24, 2025 | Kevin Corinth, David Coyne, Naomi Feldman, and Craig Johnson
Four College Enrollment Trends to Watch
January 23, 2025 | Preston Cooper
How the Trump Administration Can Hit Its Growth Target
January 22, 2025 | R. Glenn Hubbard
How Trump Can Permanently Fix the Student Loan Program
January 21, 2025 | Preston Cooper
Calling DOGE: HUD’s Costly Hunt for Answers the Market Already Has
January 21, 2025 | Tobias Peter
Should We Believe the Economic Data or Americans’ “Lyin’” Eyes? The Answer Is Yes.
January 16, 2025 | Scott Winship
Menu Adjustment in Response to the Minimum Wage: A Return to the New Jersey-Pennsylvania Border
January 8, 2025 | Michael R. Strain and Kerry L. Paaps
Tax Policy Should Prioritize Shoring Up the Family
January 7, 2025 | Scott Winship
More Skilled Immigrants for More Economic Growth
January 7, 2025 | James Pethokoukis
Congress Can Block Student Loan Cancellation—Forever
January 6, 2025 | Preston Cooper
Thanks, Joe Manchin
January 3, 2025 | Matt Weidinger and Robert Doar
Farewell, President Stimulus
December 31, 2024 | Matt Weidinger
What’s behind the unprecedented rise in homelessness, and how can we reverse it?
December 30, 2024 | Kevin Corinth
Why Rent Regulation Remains So Hard to Undo in NYC
December 29, 2024 | Howard Husock
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