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November 4, 2024
Again, Tariffs Didn’t Make American Manufacturing Great
…and Christopher M. Meissner (University of California, Davis) matched detailed tariff data from 8,300 products with state-level manufacturing records from 1870-1909, using price changes and specific tariff rates to measure…
November 1, 2024
Kamala Harris’s Policy Book Doesn’t Even Mention Immigration
…to 39% advantage. You would expect both campaigns to focus on key voter priorities. Indeed, the priorities in the Republican platform exactly match voters’ top three issues in a decidedly Trumpian fashion….
October 30, 2024
A SNAP Reform Framework Focused on the Future
No matter the outcome of next week’s election, we can be certain that the new President and Congress will confront urgent policy and legislative challenges. One priority issue for the…
October 18, 2024
Pro-Marriage Conservatives Should Reject a Per-Child Phase-In of the Child Tax Credit
…In light of already substantial marriage penalties and growing evidence that marriage matters for low-income families and communities, conservatives should rethink policy recommendations that would make our tax code less…
October 16, 2024
Kevin Corinth: Addressing Social Capital Poverty in America
Despite improvements in material living standards, the erosion of social connections, civic engagement, and community ties has led to a decline in overall social wellbeing. New research reveals a complex…
October 11, 2024
It’s time to face up to our social poverty problem
…on the incomes and employment of individuals, families, groups and regions — and can therefore say a lot about changes in income, inequality and material living standards. In contrast, we…
October 10, 2024
Do Liberal Arts Colleges Pay Off? What the Data Say
…peers at other schools by $215,000. For nursing majors the gap is $146,000; for mathematics and statistics majors it is $101,000. It’s possible that the well-rounded undergraduate education at liberal…
October 9, 2024
Two Cheers for California’s Ban on Legacy Admissions
…more likely to be admitted to mom or dad’s alma mater than a non-legacy applicant with comparable test scores. The idea that a student should get a leg up because…
October 9, 2024
Kamala Harris’s Main Priority Is Expanding Welfare, Not Strengthening the Middle Class
Last week’s vice-presidential debate was chock-full of references to the middle class and plans to improve conditions for the middle class. That’s also a common refrain to the stump speech…
October 8, 2024
House Committee on Ways and Means Hearing on Misuse of TANF Funds
…reforming the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program to better target families in need, connect people to work, and improve accountability. My name is Matt Weidinger, and I am…