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December 31, 2023
Forget Eric Adams’ Flawed Housing Plan — Let’s Make ALL NYC Neighborhoods “High-Opportunity”
…even worse than many of its predecessors. The so-called Mixed-Income Market Initiative will be more directly costly than tax breaks the city has used to subsidized construction of income-restricted “affordable…
December 21, 2023
Our Policies to Address Homelessness Are Failing
…For example, the low-income-housing tax credit does little to increase the supply of housing and ultimately pads the pockets of developers rather than reduce market rents. Housing-choice vouchers unfairly provide…
December 19, 2023
Sins of Omission: Public Broadcasting Fails to Reach a Broad Cross-Section of America
…are predicated on the idea of some “market failure” — a desirable good or service is not being provided privately. A good case can be made, in fact, that, notwithstanding…
December 18, 2023
No Excuses Now for NYCHA
…billions since, unlike NYCHA, it can borrow through the bond market. The Trust can also draw on so-called “federal housing super-vouchers” as an enhanced revenue stream, which will make a…
December 18, 2023
The State of Democratic Capitalism: 2023
…United States. In the case of protectionism and industrial policy, it marks a willingness by leaders of both political parties to intervene in the market in order to advance political…
December 14, 2023
Perspective: What Flexibility Means for Younger Workers — and Their Employers
…skills. Flexibility is the workforce watchword. But flexibility in the labor market also has implications for employers. A recent American Enterprise Institute survey of workers found flexibility in working conditions to be a top concern for just about…
December 14, 2023
The Myth of the 1%
…and philosophical underpinnings of this obsession with the top 1% are far from sound. In a market economy, income is earned, not distributed. And in a democracy, inequality is acceptable…
December 12, 2023
Virginia’s Gov. Youngkin Offers A Republican Path On Pre-K
…access to a marketplace feature which would list and describe all available providers, searchable by zip code, hours of operation, and various other criteria. The proposal emphasizes the need to…
December 11, 2023
How to make smartphones and apps safer for kids
…wares — by once again requiring age verification. The law was upheld by a federal judge in a landmark decision in August, owing to the law’s design, which put enforcement…
December 11, 2023
How Public Housing Encourages Single Parenthood and Penalizes Marriage
The post-pandemic rise in rents has fueled the view that the private housing market inevitably fails those of modest means. The left-leaning Center for Budget Policies and Priorities summarizes the idea that…