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October 21, 2024
US Tariffs Will Not Bring Back Jobs from China
…global economy. But these losses are relatively small in the context of US labor-market dynamism: in a typical month, five million workers separate from their employers, of which 350,000 are in the manufacturing…
October 18, 2024
What’s Working in America’s Workforce System
…behind almost every developed nation in spending on active labor market programs, and it is arguable that under-funding may be the chief source of weak outcomes. In other words, we…
October 15, 2024
Lefty NYC Council Add-Ons to Mayor’s ‘City of Yes’ Would Worse Housing Crisis
…to Bill de Blasio’s 200,000 affordable units “created or preserved.” As it stands, New York City has more — far more — of its housing protected from market forces than any other…
October 11, 2024
HUD’s Housing Misfire: When Bureaucrats Know Better than Markets
…loves but markets abhor. By further empowering federal bureaucrats, it will do more harm than good. The case in point is the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Pathways…
October 10, 2024
Harris’s Housing Plan and the Five C’s That Will Derail It
…have been built by the private market without subsidies. Studies show that for every 100 LIHTC units built, private construction falls by up to the same amount. Cost: The average…
October 9, 2024
How to Make Millionaire Teachers
…not do it alone and would rely on a handpicked team, AI, and other tools, to provide support. Ultimately, a transparent marketplace with reviews and recommendations would not allow weak…
October 9, 2024
Learning the Right Lessons from the “China Shock”
…the labor market is less fluid than many economists had thought, and it is harder for workers specialized in one sector with declining opportunities—in the case of trade, in import-competing…
October 8, 2024
Harris Housing Subsidies: A Recipe for Repeating Past Mistakes
…supply and demand subsidies has often led to unintended market distortions. Take, for example, the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968, which provided easy credit and generous subsidies. While…
October 3, 2024
Six Ideas to Fix Higher Education in 2025
…students in high-quality programs such as law or medicine could easily secure financing from the private market. But privatizing graduate student loans would end the federal subsidy that expensive graduate programs of…
October 3, 2024
The New “Old Girls Network” in the American Workplace
…like suicide, drug overdoses, and alcohol-related deaths, along with higher risks of workplace injuries. Of particular concern is the decline of marriage rates among these men, a key marker for…