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September 25, 2023
A Bad Bipartisan Housing Bill: Connecting the Dots on the Helper Act
…2015, the country was already two and a half years into a seller’s market — generally defined as a market with less than a six-month supply of homes for sale…
September 18, 2023
West Virginia Budget Cuts Are a Taste of Higher Ed’s Future
…labor market made it more attractive to move directly into the workforce instead of spending thousands and incurring debt to earn a degree. Mr. Gee highlighted these factors, along with…
September 18, 2023
There’s an Easy Fix That Would Solve Our Housing Crisis: Light Touch Density
…of light-touch density (LTD) housing, allowing the market to build more affordable housing options for more Americans. The reason this is the solution to our housing crisis is simple: It…
September 18, 2023
A Degree of Risk
…interested in the details, and there is less pressure on institutions of higher learning to perform. Discipline from the market can keep value high and prices low, ensuring that public…
September 17, 2023
Tracking ‘two-parent privilege’ in Utah
…state does face educational challenges. Today, two challenges are especially noteworthy: Persistent gaps between less- and more-privileged children mark student performance, and too many students are not performing at levels considered proficient or better…
September 15, 2023
Why Industrial Policy Fails
…scarce resources better than the market? If the government intervenes in markets, how will it avoid mission creep, cronyism, and corruption? In the real world, government planners simply lack the…
September 14, 2023
The Privilege Hiding in Plain Sight
…has been viewed more than a staggering 125 million times. It captures another Privilege Walk, but in this case the personal attributes being presented are markedly different from those posed…
September 12, 2023
Who Is Happiest? Married Mothers and Fathers, Per the Latest General Social Survey
…appear to be obstacles to living a happy life. Instead, these two traditional markers of adulthood are associated with a happier life. As difficult as marriage and parenthood can be,…
September 6, 2023
Working from Home Has Increased More Modestly Than Many Believe
…about how many people are working from home today compared with before COVID. If they believe working from home has risen markedly, they may assume it is more permanent than…
August 31, 2023
The Future of Work: Augmented, not Automated
…balance between technical and noncognitive skills in the marketplace. A new report from the IBM Institute for Business Value, surveying over 24,000 executives and employees around the world, reaffirms the importance of noncognitive skills and…