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October 25, 2023
The Freedom to Choose
…30 years: despair and polarization. Beginning in the late 1980s, I began to notice how conservatives, as they lost cultural market share, increasingly despaired of the country (“Come home, America,” as a National…
October 25, 2023
Dispelling Myths About The Child Tax Credit
…their income and thus reduced child poverty. But the massive deficit spending in the ARP and other trillion-dollar bills also contributed to higher inflation , which disproportionately hurts lower-income families . Economist Mark Zandi found the…
October 20, 2023
Revenge of the Rust Belt: The Surprising Forces That Have Made the Midwest the Hottest Housing Market Around
In the Fortune article below Shawn Tully discusses the resurgence of the Midwest’s housing market with Ed Pinto, the Director of AEI’s Housing Center. According to American Enterprise Institute data, eight of…
October 18, 2023
Vocation: A Cure for Burnout
…thinkers who shed important light on issues relating to work and well-being are Adam Smith and Karl Marx. Though these two giants of economics came to the issue from diametrically opposed views on market…
October 12, 2023
The GOP Should Be the Party of Parents
…focusing them on a coherent constituency that can be approached from different angles. Conservatives inclined to arguments for market competition could focus, as they long have, on educational choice; opportunities…
October 12, 2023
Now the Administration Is Legislating on Welfare, Too
…“executive action” on student loans, energy regulation, and more, the new TANF regulation offers another example of this administration willfully treading on Congress’ legislative turf. The creation of TANF marked the first…
October 12, 2023
Blue States Are Getting More Federal Money Than They Should
…least through its role as a financial center, in the development of the markets of the South and West. But, more recently, the Empire State is not even nominally a…
October 11, 2023
CHANGING THE OFFICIAL POVERTY MEASURE WOULD HELP RICH STATES AND HURT POOR STATES
…Education Grants; the Individuals with Disabilities Act; the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children; the Community Development Block Grant; and the New Markets Tax Credit. If the…
October 10, 2023
Judge Erik Pitchal’s Warped Mindset Led to Baby Ella Vitalis’ Death
…marks and a broken jaw. If there were any justice in this city, Pitchal would be run out of town. The ideology of “family preservation” now plagues city Family Court. …
October 6, 2023
After a Banner Year for School Choice, the Challenge Is to Ensure New Programs Work
…a license or will we limit which vendors parents can choose? These market slowdowns are a huge issue. If we’re going to implement ESAs correctly, we need to make sure…