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January 23, 2024
A Follow-Up on My Recent Testimony to the Joint Economic Committee on Policy Approaches to Increasing the Supply of Affordable Housing
…building expensive. That only leaves developers the option to build houses at high price points with few buyers that can afford these homes. As a result, the market builds: A…
January 17, 2024
Achieving Housing Abundance Through State and Local Land Use and Zoning Reform
…As home prices and more recently mortgage rates have risen dramatically, many people can no longer afford to buy a home and have no choice but to remain renters. Since…
January 17, 2024
A Midwest State of Mind
…society has changed. The ability to adapt may, in fact, be its least appreciated aspect. Strangely enough, the roots of American exceptionalism may be most discernible in “the square old world” of the Midwest. Leslie Lenkowsky is emeritus professor…
January 12, 2024
Get Ready for AI-Driven Skill Democratization
…physicians’ wages—since wages would be spread over a larger group of providers who can afford to work for less than a doctor with med-school debts. Like our London cabbie who…
January 12, 2024
What is the Utah “Family Miracle”?
I’ve written before about the “Utah Family Miracle,” referencing the fact that no state in America has more families headed by married parents than the Beehive State: “In 2021, 55% of adults…
January 10, 2024
By the Numbers: Here’s How the New Federal Financial Aid Formula Harms Families with More Than One Child
…not that the new formula doesn’t take family size into account at all—it does, barely. The issue is that the new formula calculates the total amount a family can afford…
January 2, 2024
We Can Make Chicago Safer By Prioritizing Stronger Families
It was a cold winter morning in 2021 when my youngest son ducked into a local gas station to grab a snack before heading to work. As he came out…
December 18, 2023
Kids aren’t for everyone. But it’s better for everyone if you have them.
…especially in the early years. W. Bradford Wilcox, a colleague of mine at the American Enterprise Institute who studies family structure, speculates that in an increasingly atomized society, parenthood is…
December 15, 2023
Pro-Family Policy Priorities for States
Introduction America’s system of federalism means that the is- sues that most directly impact the lives of parents and families are often most appropriately dealt with at the state level….
December 13, 2023
Stronger Families, Safer Streets
The debate about how best to respond to urban crime—a debate that has become more important in light of recent increases in violent crime and homicide in many cities across…