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December 8, 2023
Biden’s Even Worse Version of “Free College”
…employees’ utilization rates. Colleges that enroll students with federal student loans should also be required to benchmark their benefits and administrative ranks against private-sector best practices, with eligibility for participation…
December 4, 2023
A Pro-Market and Pro-Social Economy
…market orthodoxy. The downsides, he says, are both real and grave. He acknowledges that free-market advocates have often oversold their case, making predictions—about growth, peace, and China—that have either not been fully realized…
December 4, 2023
Post-Prohibition Pot Regulation: Should It Be More Like Tobacco?
…the illicit market … [and l]egal sales have been on a two-year slide.” This, in the nation’s largest cannabis market. Non-legal sales are so common that consumer guide sites to…
December 1, 2023
Red States Can Lead the Way on Marriage and Fatherhood
…magnet for families. With a low cost of living and a thriving job market, it makes sense that Forbes ranks it as one of the top ten states to which people are…
November 27, 2023
Bribing Homeowners To Build Tiny Houses Won’t Solve NYC’s Housing Problem
…opposite of the type of zoning reform New York City needs. Rather than further distorting the housing market, already saddled with a million rent-regulated units and hundreds of thousands of…
November 27, 2023
For kids, marriage still matters
…There’s no question that Rodgers is off the mark here in discounting the link between marriage and the welfare of children. All of this isn’t to denigrate the sacrifices and…
November 21, 2023
Defining Poverty Up
…poverty in America. First, the SPM raises the national poverty guideline (often called the poverty line, which marks the income level where poverty ends) well above the level used by…
November 17, 2023
Male Malaise Is Not Just About ‘the Culture’
…The research of the Princeton economist Mark Aguiar and his team suggests that screentime can account for nearly half of the drop in working hours for men in their twenties…
November 13, 2023
The Jobless AI Future Is Still a Long Way Off
…them in the labor market, driving up their wages and incomes. Higher incomes will increase overall demand for goods and services in the economy, which in turn will increase the…
November 13, 2023
How The IRS Discourages Boomer Charity
…greater rate, falling 6.4%, or 13.4% inflation-adjusted. There are a wide range of explanations for the drop, including a rocky stock market and the ongoing effects of the Tax Cuts…