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June 25, 2025
De-Skilling the Knowledge Economy
…students are graduating with relevant, in-demand skills. To address this challenge, AEI is partnering with New York University, Stanford University, and the University of Michigan to design and test data…
June 24, 2025
Public Housing and Rental Subsidies
…could not afford to rent in private dwellings.26 The post–World War II era’s explosion of homeownership quickly gave the lie to those pronouncements, as private markets produced millions of new…
June 16, 2025
Better Boys: The Difference Good Dads Make
The girls cleaned up at my (Brad’s) daughter’s middle school graduation in Virginia this month. Three out of four of the school’s top awards went to girls. A majority of the “President’s Academic Excellence Awards,” an…
June 16, 2025
The ‘Father Divide’ and What it Means for Our Kids
This Father’s Day, an estimated 72 million greeting cards will zip through the mail, according to Hallmark. Father’s Day ranks a respectable fourth on the list of the highest “card-buying” holidays of the year….
June 13, 2025
Good Fathers, Flourishing Kids: The Importance of Fatherhood in Virginia
Children in Virginia are more likely to flourish when their fathers are engaged and/or present. This is one of the conclusions from Good Fathers, Flourishing Kids: The Importance of Fatherhood in Virginia, a…
May 23, 2025
How AI Will Harm Working-Class Families
Donald Trump rose to power in large part by appealing to working-class men. He was able to channel their frustration with trade deals and automation that destroyed working-class jobs, helped fuel thousands of deaths of despair, and…
May 19, 2025
The Case for Shifting More Welfare Costs to States
…states simply cannot afford to bear additional benefit costs. For example, the Center on Budget Policy Priorities argued in March 2025 that expecting states to bear some SNAP costs “would…
May 13, 2025
Out of Work and On the Dole — Is Uncle Sam Contributing to Young Men’s Malaise?
American men are in trouble. From Richard Reeves’ “Of Boys and Men” to Nicholas Eberstadt’s “Men Without Work,” we have learned that men are opting out of our most important institutions…
May 13, 2025
Common-Sense SNAP Reforms Included in House Agriculture Reconciliation Proposal
…will put SNAP on a more sustainable path, while refocusing the program on its core principles—helping low-income households afford food and supporting employment. Controlling Costs The reconciliation text includes two…
May 7, 2025
Displacement by Design: How Bad Policy Made Housing Scarce, and How We Can Fix It
…income. We call this relationship the Good Neighbors Index (GNI). The more income it takes to afford a home, the more unaffordable a city and the greater the housing shortage….