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October 3, 2024
Protectionism is Failing and Wrongheaded: An Evaluation of the Post-2017 Shift toward Trade Wars and Industrial Policy
…trade and of allowing markets to shape US industrial and employment composition. But the protectionism of the Trump and Biden administrations has not succeeded and likely will not succeed at…
October 2, 2024
AOC’s “Social Housing” Dead End
…is not to get government to replace the private housing market—which has enabled 65 percent of Americans to become homeowners—but for government to stand aside and let the private market work….
October 2, 2024
Higher Education: Making Education Beyond High School Work for All
…century labor market. For low-income students especially, college has been sold as a path to the middle class. As a result, the share of the population 25 and older with…
September 30, 2024
Our Academic Productivity After the Council of Economic Advisers
…White House Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) laid a substantial foundation for subsequent academic articles. We found a marked increase in our research productivity post-service, evidenced by publications in economics…
September 27, 2024
Justice at Any Cost?
…who identify as lgbtq+, and often youth with significant behavioral challenges as well.” Even if a few insurers return to the market, the foster-care system will be hopelessly distorted. The…
September 25, 2024
The Costs of Inaction: Economic Risks from Housing Unaffordability
…and a homeless crisis in many areas. Nationally, we have had a sellers’ housing market since 2012 and we remain in a strong sellers’ market today, especially at the low…
September 23, 2024
Toward a Potential Grand Bargain for the Nation
…of recommendations that we believe, on balance, would greatly strengthen the country and improve people’s lives. We believe in the importance of a market economy. Free markets have led to…
September 23, 2024
The Kamala Harris Plan for More Housing Shortages
…will result in higher prices. This effect on prices is because we’re currently in a strong sellers’ market, which exists when the number of months it would take to sell…
September 21, 2024
Why Is Race Still a Factor in Adoption?
…Civil Rights Act, according to Mark Fiddler, an attorney who focuses on adoption and foster care. But Tucker and her employer don’t seem to realize this or don’t care. She offers…
September 20, 2024
How Public Housing Fueled Boston’s Busing Riots
This month marks the 50th anniversary of the North’s worst episode of school desegregation–related racial violence: Boston’s busing riots. Mobs hurled rocks at buses filled with black students newly assigned…