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September 9, 2024
The Nanny State Is Not the Answer to Parents’ Challenges
…matrices — schedules for child care, after-school activities, and car pools. But by next week, someone will get sick, or a babysitter will quit, and the house of cards will…
September 6, 2024
The Latest Chronic Absenteeism Numbers
A new school year is beginning, and students are returning to school, but the question this year is how many will return to attending consistently. Chronic absenteeism, the percentage of…
September 5, 2024
Hurt Pennsylvania’s Workers to Win Pennsylvania’s Votes?
…preparing to announce that he will formally block Nippon Steel’s proposed $14.9 billion acquisition of U.S. Steel, according to three people with knowledge of the matter, who spoke on the…
August 29, 2024
The Distribution of Social Capital across Individuals and its Relationship to Income
…measure of income. We find that social capital increases with income but at a decreasing rate. The source of income matters, as an extra $10,000 in market income is associated…
August 29, 2024
Kamala Harris Wants to Turn the Tax Code into a Mammoth ATM
Given her liberal record, it’s no surprise that Vice President Kamala Harris’s recently released economic agenda calls for vast increases in benefits for low-income adults. But it should be surprising for that…
August 29, 2024
It’s Time for Radical Reform in Higher Education
…also emboldening the thousands of colleges and universities that participate in these programs, enabling them to inflate their prices to match. As students come to realize they may not have to pay…
August 28, 2024
Some Context Behind JD Vance’s Child Tax Credit Comments
Recently, GOP Vice Presidential nominee JD Vance said on Face the Nation “We should expand the child tax credit… I’d love to see a child tax credit that’s $5,000 per…
August 27, 2024
Poverty Isn’t Neglect, and Money Isn’t Always the Answer
…Fortunately, it’s not true. The claim that children are separated from their parents when they are in no real danger but simply lack of material resources is repeated often. Advocates…
August 20, 2024
The Robots Are Going to Take These Jobs. Thank Goodness.
Today, The Verge profiled a new Tesla project aimed at training robots for routine materials movement. The company is hiring workers between 5’7” and 5’11” to move 30-pound packages while wearing sensor…
August 18, 2024
Why NYC’s Most Affordable Housing May Already Be Available
…we need. New York City law makes matters worse in other ways, as well. To guard against overcrowding, the city requires every resident to have a minimum of 80 square…