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May 23, 2023
Biden Courts Another Mortgage Crisis
…breaking into the housing market can get a shot. This approach has backfired. The last great credit expansion, done with the goal of expanding homeownership in the runup to the…
May 19, 2023
House Bill Makes Room for Improvements to SNAP
This week, the House Appropriations Committee marked up a spending bill for the US Department of Agriculture and related agencies, which includes many of the nation’s largest safety net and nutrition programs—most…
May 17, 2023
The Wrong Immigration at the Wrong Time
…workers. Some economists have linked immigration to substantial declines in the male labor market participation rate – men either working or actively seeking work. The rate among men 18-to-64 years…
May 12, 2023
Follow the Money as Hochul Floats Tobacco Ban While Pushing Legal Marijuana
…market we now see with cannabis when it comes to cigarettes. Recall that Eric Garner tussled with cops on Staten Island who sought to arrest him for selling individual “loosie”…
May 5, 2023
Wrong Diagnosis, Wrong Prescription
…private market for housing. He scorns the earned income tax credit, which, he suggests—contrary to a large body of evidence—has not reduced poverty since its rollout and expansion. The lack…
May 4, 2023
Work Is Essential to the American Dream
…work requirements, and evidence showed that it would discourage work. In a landmark working paper, AEI’s Bruce Meyer, Kevin Corinth, and their co-authors estimated that it would cause as many as 1.5…
May 3, 2023
The Mainline Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Social Capitalism
Download the Dataset When Alexis de Tocqueville penned his seminal Democracy in America lauding the strength of American communities, institutions, and associations, he noted the unique status of religion. Religion,…
May 1, 2023
Here’s How Hochul Can Salvage Her Goal of More Affordable Housing in NY
Notably missing from the budget the Legislature is passing is a proposal Gov. Kathy Hochul had marked as a top priority: spurring cities and towns to build 800,000 new housing units….
April 28, 2023
Social Capital: What Is It?
…someone can command on the labor market or otherwise increase a person’s ability to generate income. The term “social” is also fairly precise: it refers to human interactions and relationships….
April 20, 2023
Religion’s Refusal to Die
…and how American civil life can flourish in a country marked by religious belief. The LeFrak Forum is an independently funded center at Michigan State University for research and debate…