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Op-Ed
Are Big Families the Solution to Declining Fertility?
“Big families are like waterbed stores,” comedian and father of five Jim Gaffigan jokes. “They used to be everywhere, and now they’re just weird.” But he might have to update his…
Op-Ed
Child Abuse and Neglect Are Intergenerational Problems. Policies to Protect Children Should Reflect That
…Black people have “trauma imprinted on their DNA” because of “slavery and Jim Crow.” (The two could not point me to the specific place on the genetic code of African-Americans,…
Blog Post
The Mirage of “Pro-Worker AI” via Public Policy
Calls for governments to push “pro-worker AI” sound appealing. The idea is simple: If policymakers deftly guide how the technology develops, they can make sure it helps workers instead of…
Article
The End of Work? Not Yet—Maybe Not Ever
My fellow pro-growth/progress/abundance Up Wingers in the USA and around the world: Maybe this is an obvious point: If a) most “behind a screen” office tasks are fully automated by AI within…
Article
The AI Jobs ‘Bloodbath’ That Keeps Getting Postponed
My fellow pro-growth/progress/abundance Up Wingers in the USA and around the world: Perhaps the biggest source of US economic uncertainty this year is the job market. The trend isn’t great….
Article
Don’t Expect an AI Job Apocalypse
My fellow pro-growth/progress/abundance Up Wingers in the USA and around the world: Fears that technology will render human labor obsolete are nearly as old as industrial machinery itself. Of course,…
Article
Don’t Expect an AI Job Apocalypse
My fellow pro-growth/progress/abundance Up Wingers in the USA and around the world: Fears that technology will render human labor obsolete are nearly as old as industrial machinery itself. Of course,…
Op-Ed
How Misreading Somali Poverty Led Minnesota into Its Largest Welfare Scandal
…with Jim Crow and its legacy. Neighborhood-level poverty data tells the story. In the North Minneapolis Hawthorne neighborhood, among the city’s poorest, 38% of residents are Black, and 21% are…
Blog Post
The China Shock, Revisited (Again)
China’s economic ascent is likely remembered by many Americans as a story of shuttered factories and hollowed-out towns. Oh, and an anxious turn in U.S. politics that continues today. But…
Blog Post
The Battle for Usable Pricing in Health Care Is On-Going
…based on what providers think they can get away with rather than objective market realities. Second, Jim Jusko, Neil Mehta, and Christopher M. Whaley posted a succinct and clear exposition of the…
Blog Post
Housing Affordability? Build, Baby, Build
Plain and simple (if not so easy politically): The cure for America’s housing crisis isn’t government subsidies or corporate scapegoats. It’s more homes. And this “supply and demand” solution isn’t…
Article
Time to Build … New US Cities
My fellow pro-growth/progress/abundance Up Wingers, It’s unfortunate: America has forgotten how to build cities, or maybe it just lost interest. The last major one was Irvine, California, incorporated back in…