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April 18, 2024
Back from the brink: The intellectual tide is turning on marriage and civil society
…deepest problems. And, contra The New Yorker’s insinuation, religious couples are markedly happier and more stably married than their secular peers. There are three features to the decline in family…
April 17, 2024
Homelessness and the Persistence of Deprivation: Income, Employment, and Safety Net Participation
…severe deprivation rather than large and sudden losses of income. People appear to experience homelessness because they are very poor despite being connected to the labor market and safety net,…
April 11, 2024
What a New Report on 10 years of AI Research Reveals
…workers with writing or coding, as well as with human interaction on the job. This application, they say, could lower barriers to entry and democratize skills, potentially boosting the labor market value of workers with less…
April 10, 2024
The Political Landmines Buried in the Latest Jobs Report
CNN on Friday dubbed the latest monthly jobs report a “blowout,” pointing to 303,000 net new jobs created in March. President Joe Biden immediately claimed credit, saying the report “marks a…
April 3, 2024
Feds Should Take a Big Step Back on Student Loans
…virtues of free markets, described a role for the government in solving the failure of the market to adequately fund efficient investments in education. But our persistent mismanagement of this essential program…
April 1, 2024
How Private Student Lending Can Repair Higher Education
Key Points Private student loans are a relatively small share of the market for higher education finance; however, scaling back the beleaguered federal student loan program would offer an opportunity…
March 30, 2024
Preventing Weed Smoking — Not More Weed Shops — Is What NYC Needs Now
…recent meeting, it highlighted the fact that “there have been $183 million in sales since New York’s adult-use cannabis market first opened. The month of December was a high mark for…
March 28, 2024
Federal Student Lending is Beyond Repair
…held water. For the vast majority of borrowers, loans made sense. They financed an investment that paid off. And below market interest rates paired with safety nets for borrowers with…
March 27, 2024
Market-oriented Reform Principles and Policies that Would Help the Housing Market
…design policies. The following offers such a set of market-oriented principles and policies that contrast sharply with President Biden’s analysis and plan. Reform Principles Any action needs to create more supply with the…
March 21, 2024
It’s Not Just Minority Neighborhoods—NYC’s Entire Property-Tax System Needs Reform
…in gentrifying parts of brownstone Brooklyn — because tax bills don’t reflect actual current market values, which should be the foundation of all property-tax bills. Inexplicably, condos are valued as…