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March 2, 2023
The Lost World of Ecumenical Republicanism
As improbable as it may sound, one of the more interesting books on the market right now is a policy memoir largely about the rise and fall of Richard Nixon’s…
February 28, 2023
Workforce Futures Initiative: How Well Does the American Workforce System Work?
…community colleges and their connection to the workforce, and labor market data information. Mr. Orrell concluded the discussion by showing the viewers the home page of the newly launched WFI…
February 23, 2023
Distance to 100: An Alternative to Racial Achievement Gaps
…primary cause of low proficiency rates among black and Hispanic Americans. In 1966, sociologist James Coleman published a landmark 700-page study of educational opportunity known as the Coleman Report, which…
February 23, 2023
Heeding the Warning from the Future
…of conspiracies and disinformation more broadly. “There’s big money in distrust,” she says. YouTube, in particular, has become a major platform for key flat earth theorists, such as Mark Sargent,…
February 14, 2023
Brave New Technology
…20- to 30-year period. The shift from services and information to an integrated global economy (as marked by China’s accession to the World Trade Organization) was 20 years. And we’ve…
February 13, 2023
The Eerie Familiarity of California’s Boom-Bust Cycle
…the miners had to begin applying their energy elsewhere. The gold in the Golden State marked only the beginning of the greatest era of prosperity the planet has ever seen….
February 8, 2023
Where the Tech Layoffs Are Hitting Hardest
…months. The tech sector is reportedly taking a beating after a decade as the darling of the economy and the market. On the ground it looks more like a scolding,…
January 24, 2023
“Gig,” Contract, and Nontraditional Workers
…vast labor market actually operates. This is especially true when we consider the “gig” or contract worker economy, which has grown dramatically in the past 15 years due to internet-based…
January 7, 2023
Personal Responsibility, Not Victimhood, Is the Path to Success
…is called the “Success Sequence,” and black and Hispanic young adults who have followed it are markedly more likely to be flourishing financially today, according to a recent report from the American…
January 5, 2023
Faith After the Pandemic: How COVID-19 Changed American Religion
…Benchmark Survey, interviews were conducted with the same people to enable us to measure actual changes in religious behavior or identity. These data give us a unique opportunity to understand…