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August 16, 2023
How to Strengthen the ‘Success Sequence’ in Utah
Growing numbers of young adults across America — including here in Utah — are moving into adulthood without a durable connection to two benchmarks strongly connected to human well-being: work…
August 14, 2023
Keep the Utah Family Miracle Going Strong
Utah lands at the top of many rankings of state performance across America. But the Beehive State is perhaps best known for its top rankings on the economic front. Utah’s…
August 12, 2023
Gen Z Shouldn’t Dismiss Marriage So Lightly
A viral TikTok video doesn’t pull any punches in depicting the so-called negatives of marriage and motherhood for young women. The video, that has been racking up millions of views, shows a…
August 9, 2023
The AI Apocalypse Can Wait
…counterintuitively–disproportionately benefit lower-skilled workers. In April, a Stanford study of customer service workers at call centers found the use of AI boosted productivity and quickly brought low-skilled workers up to levels of…
August 4, 2023
The Racial Wealth Gap: Myths and Realities
…in American history, African Americans who desired and were able to afford home ownership found themselves consigned to central-city communities …” The claim is that they were excluded from homeownership outside the…
August 3, 2023
Philanthropists Discover the Value of “Sunsetting”
…would have put his money…But as much as he loved his grandchildren, he did not know them.” Indeed, Henry Ford II resigned from the Ford Foundation’s board in 1977, writing…
August 3, 2023
Another Pandemic Legacy: Removing the EITC’s Work and Earnings Requirement
Since its origin in the 1970s, the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) has been the premier federal program promoting and rewarding work by low-income adults. As displayed below, taxpayers have…
August 2, 2023
The Best Predictor of Happiness in America? Marriage
Americans who are married with children are now leading happier and more prosperous lives, on average, than men and women who are single and childless. Is that statement surprising? In an age…
August 1, 2023
How the Middle Class Is Faring: My Long-Read Q&A with Jeremy Horpedahl
…as you mentioned, a one-male-earner household, essentially using the median earnings for a male 25 years or older. Another part of that is to say that maybe families can afford…
July 27, 2023
Perspective: Can artificial intelligence teach us to be better workers?
…to live with and resolve conflict. Rather than threatening our livelihoods, perhaps advances in AI social-emotional capacities are part of the solution to our soft-skills gap. A recent Stanford University study found use of chat…