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July 10, 2023
Reforming the EITC to Reduce Single Parenthood and Ease Work-Family Balance
…individual earnings rather than the earnings of the tax unit. This change would not affect single beneficiaries, but it would markedly alter the benefits available to married couples. Under current…
July 7, 2023
With Affirmative Action Gone, We Should Focus Admissions Policies on Poverty
If history is any guide, Supreme Court ruling in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard won’t mark the end of the struggle over the constitutionality of race-conscious policies. It won’t even mark…
June 30, 2023
Democrats Call Biden’s Economy “Savage” in Attempt to Revive Child Tax Credit
…in the job market” have grown. Another noted how in 2021, her family could afford a vacation yet today was straining to afford children’s shoes. Why are these Democrats bashing Biden’s economy in the…
June 28, 2023
Yes, College Is Still a Good Investment
…levels of experience and education tend to gain new skills faster, and the market rewards that learning through higher wages. One step-up begets the next, and nothing succeeds like success….
June 27, 2023
House Republican Plan Penalizes Marriage
…“amazingly large.” Specifically, “Public assistance caseloads have declined by half since their peak in 1994. . . . Labor market participation among single mothers with young children—the group historically most likely…
June 24, 2023
City Can No Longer Afford Life-Long Subsidies for Lucky NYCHA Tenants
…Far better to compensate current Chelsea-Elliott-Fulton tenants, provide them time to find new housing and “unfreeze” some of NYCHA’s frozen real estate. In the private housing markets (in which most…
June 23, 2023
SNAP Can Improve Nutrition, Help Farmers, and Support the Environment
…one year. According to Wall Street Journal reporting, snack companies are doubling down on their snacking strategy, while other traditional food companies are looking to enter the snack food market…
June 21, 2023
The Bad Math Behind Economic Doomerism
It’s a big week for American Compass, a think tank founded in 2020 that fancies itself as the “pre-eminent alternative to the Old Right’s market fundamentalism.” On the heels of its new…
June 14, 2023
Better Data Means Better Policy
…to compound into marked differences in long-term income growth. This point contradicts any insinuation that the Census Bureau implemented this change for political reasons. Using a more accurate inflation measure…
June 11, 2023
Now Political Polarization Comes for Marriage Prospects
…has seen single young men shift slightly to the right and single young women move markedly left, which means that the ideological divide between the sexes is growing. This poses…