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March 11, 2024

How Many Forms of “Wage Insurance” Do We Need, Exactly?

…current safety net programs depicted below that assist low-income parents, along with major social insurance programs and even privately-funded benefits that specifically target non-workers. Source: Angela Rachidi, Matt Weidinger, and…

March 11, 2024

Taking On the College Cartel

…to get started.  The current system isn’t suited to facilitate competition and creation. However, some form of oversight is necessary as a matter of fiduciary responsibility. The obvious solution is…

March 11, 2024

Why Educators Often Have It Wrong About Right-Leaning Parents

…about the fairness and safety of girls’ sports. Where you may see bigoted parents seeking to “whitewash” history, conservatives see a response to politicized materials that replace one-dimensional portrayals of America…

March 8, 2024

Jason Kelce, Family Man

In his tear-filled farewell speech, Jason Kelce brought his 13-year NFL career to a close by underlining what really mattered in life: marriage and family. The longtime Philadelphia Eagles player, who made the…

March 7, 2024

Growing Congressional Dysfunction Will Worsen Our Fiscal Problems

…this frustration is not to pretend that deficits don’t matter or ignore the challenge they pose — it’s for Washington to finally take deficits seriously and act to rein them in. Absent progress on bringing government spending…

March 6, 2024

College or Trade School? How About Both?

…thrive psychologically, socially, and materially. Higher levels of education have long been associated with increased trust in others and greater participation in the relationships that create so-called “weak ties”—the “friend of a…

March 6, 2024

Caitlin Clark and Civil Society

…a barn hoop, didn’t think: why not have girls play this game? Maybe they had family in Indiana. Local control matters, too: a small town high school with its own…

March 5, 2024

The Societal Cost of the Marriage Decline

…these couples decide not to marry. But it does matter. Marriage is positively associated with greater community involvement across a range of different activities.  In our surveys, there is a…

March 5, 2024

A Conservative Vision for Education Reform

…better demands maturity, civility, and mutual respect. But it also requires that we articulate the changes we would like to see and, equally important, the things we believe to be…

March 4, 2024

Exploring America’s Social Safety Net And The Political Fights Around It

…would say from my perspective as a research expert is a resounding no. Matt Weidinger, American Enterprise Institute:I would answer yes. Geoff Bennett:Matt Weidinger, a senior fellow at the conservative…