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July 18, 2023
The Great Recession, COVID-19, Interest Hikes Left a 15-Year Mark on Housing
…Region report to do a deep dive on a policy issue in the Washington region. This year’s report focuses on mortgage markets. We’ve summarized our findings here. With the recession came…
July 18, 2023
The Education Community’s Views on School Improvement Have Fundamentally Changed
A few months back, I reflected on the 40th anniversary of “A Nation at Risk,” the landmark 1983 report. But there’s one important point that I didn’t really address: that the report…
July 17, 2023
Biden Tries to Revive His Eviction Moratorium Through the Back Door
…of landlord–tenant relations — like housing and building-code enforcement — has historically been a matter for localities, the units of government by far the closest to housing markets. Cities and…
July 13, 2023
Republicans Step Up to Lead on Higher Education Reform
…on several straightforward assumptions. First, taxpayers shouldn’t be treated as a bottomless pit of support for higher education. Higher education is a marketplace, and it shouldn’t enjoy public subsidy without…
July 12, 2023
New York Rent Control: Could the End be Near?
…groceries at a price based on customers’ incomes. These distortions to New York’s housing market may seem outrageous or counterproductive, but they do not mean the state rent-regulation law is…
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
The 21st Century Decline of Economic Freedom
…of economic liberty or freedom being employed. A rough rule of thumb: A society that relies more on the market and less on government intervention, the greater its economic freedom….
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…
July 6, 2023
The End of Affirmative Action Calls for a Renewed Conservatism of Opportunity
…college, entering adulthood without the knowledge and skills that are most highly compensated in the labor market. And, in marked contrast to the picture in the early days of affirmative…
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…