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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 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….
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 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…
September 17, 2024
The Blue State Family Exodus: Families Are Migrating to Red and Purple States
…be more valuable to a family than safe streets and decent housing for middle-class earners (a point acknowledged by Kristof himself). Parental leave will never outweigh a good job market. School choice…