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December 8, 2023
Room for Compromise on the Hot Foods Act
…markedly worse health than the rest of Americans, suggesting that more could be done to promote healthy living among SNAP recipients. Policymakers have long debated whether SNAP should cover certain…
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 8, 2023
A Framework for Reforming Federal Graduate Student Aid Policy
…graduate and professional school, that risk to borrowers may be untenable, particularly for low-income borrowers. Without sufficient guardrails in the private lending market, borrowers at high-cost programs could be driven…
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
Unlocking Economic Prosperity: Career Navigation in a Time of Rapid Change
…and applied research at the intersection of education and labor markets for leaders in business, education, and policy. The Project’s research aims to help shape a postsecondary system of the…
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 30, 2023
Evaluating the Success of the War on Poverty Since 1963 Using an Absolute Full-Income Poverty Measure
…relative poverty reductions have been modest. Additionally, government dependence increased over this time, with the share of working-age adults receiving under half their income from market sources more than doubling….
November 30, 2023
A Valuable New Perspective on America’s War on Poverty
…three key conditions: Firstly, its poverty rate in 1963 should align with the approximately 20 percent level Johnson identified, serving as a benchmark. Secondly, the 1963 poverty thresholds (poverty line)…
November 30, 2023
Evaluating the Success of the War on Poverty since 1963 Using an Absolute Full-Income Poverty Measure
…modest. Additionally, government dependence increased over this time, with the share of working-age adults receiving under half their income from market sources more than doubling. Read the full paper here….