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September 12, 2024
Surgeon general’s dour picture of parenthood misses the mark
…children involves more worry than joy. The surgeon general describes parenthood not only in terms of “heightened stressors” but also as a state of life marked by “isolation and loneliness,” “financial strain,”…
September 11, 2024
As America’s housing crisis intensifies, the American Housing and Economic Mobility Act of 2024 has emerged as a high-profile yet expensive solution.
The bill comes with a $500 billion price tag and endorsements from leading Democrats, including Vice President Kamala Harris. Moody’s, a major financial services company, has also blessed the act, predicting it will lower rents…
September 4, 2024
Kamala Harris’s Housing Plan Would Be Worse Than Doing Nothing
…would have been able to purchase a home without any additional assistance and would experience a significant boost their purchasing power, in an already supply limited market. Additionally, the subsidy…
September 2, 2024
This Is How to Fix the Housing Crisis
…is beyond doubt. We are just not building enough homes, especially in the coastal markets where there is the most demand. Per capita, there was less than half as much…
August 29, 2024
Kamala Harris Wants to Turn the Tax Code into a Mammoth ATM
…And the Harris campaign promises to “cut taxes” to “help Americans afford health insurance on the Affordable Care Act marketplace” without a hint of irony. These plans would only expand…
August 15, 2024
Women Want More Children Than They’re Having. America Can Do More to Help
…hedonistic reasons. In explaining why she is childless, Beth Davis, a marketing professional, told The Wall Street Journal that she and her husband “have more time and energy to commit to ourselves,”…
June 26, 2024
American Workers Are Doing Great. They Could Be Doing Even Better.
…and households. This, then, would mark a “new” consensus if agreement that workers are doing well were more widely shared. Getting agreement on that point is a tall order. EIG…
June 18, 2024
Economic Opportunity and Social Mobility
…Australia, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, and Finland. The evidence is ambiguous as to whether America’s absolute mobility looks worse than or the same as that of Denmark and the…
June 15, 2024
Reimagining Early Education
…some important conservative intuitions, like fiscal restraint, the centrality of family and the power of markets. Early childhood education is a crucial kitchen-table issue for families and communities. Millions of…
June 13, 2024
Why Married Fathers Matter
…to prison than graduate from college, whereas boys from intact, married families are markedly more likely to graduate from college than spend time in jail. According to a new Institute for…