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January 2, 2024
Billionaire-Built Cities Would Be Better Than Nothing
…China’s move to free enterprise by saying that “it doesn’t matter whether a cat is black or white, as long as it catches mice.” The California version should be that…
January 2, 2024
We Can Make Chicago Safer By Prioritizing Stronger Families
…family is not the only factor driving crime. It’s clear that factors such as poverty and race also matter for crime rates. It’s also clear that political and law enforcement…
December 26, 2023
Safe-Injection Sites and Crime
…not all crimes are equally severe, and a potential ‘safe injection site’ attributable increase in aggravated assaults is undoubtedly a matter of public concern.” Del Pozo responded in JAMA by…
December 14, 2023
Perspective: What Flexibility Means for Younger Workers — and Their Employers
…to 29-year-olds reported being able to take care of personal matters during the workday compared to 46% of those ages 30 to 64. It’s fair to chalk up some of…
December 11, 2023
How to make smartphones and apps safer for kids
…legislation to keep underage users off pornography sites — which as a matter of practice turn a blind eye to the great mass of adolescents accessing their obscene and addictive…
December 8, 2023
Biden’s Even Worse Version of “Free College”
…will change behavior. That’s why cost estimates for changes to repayment programs have consistently underestimated the cost to taxpayers. As my AEI colleague Nat Malkus has calculated, Congress expected IDR (and…
December 4, 2023
A Pro-Market and Pro-Social Economy
…cultivate habits of social interaction that lead, over time, to healthy societies. Through free economic exchange, societies advance materially and socially because free markets require parties to consider the interests of their neighbors, friends, and competitors…
December 4, 2023
Post-Prohibition Pot Regulation: Should It Be More Like Tobacco?
…matter, it’s simply easier to grow and smuggle; Americans seem indifferent to the fact that our purchases of illegal drugs effectively support narco-gangs in Latin America. It can even be…
December 1, 2023
Red States Can Lead the Way on Marriage and Fatherhood
…“fathers matter for their children’s welfare in ways that are different from, but equal to, those of mothers.” He points to the educational, mental-health, and other benefits that engaged fathers…
November 27, 2023
For kids, marriage still matters
…sequence — especially its incorporation of marriage — is not without its critics. Leftists like Matt Bruenig, president of the People’s Policy Project, claim that all that really matters is having a…