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May 23, 2023
An Unexpected Role for AI in the Workplace
WHEN MICHAEL POLANYI, the underappreciated twentieth-century physicist, philosopher, and economist, is remembered nowadays, it is most often for having observed that much of human knowledge, in both practical and abstract matters, is…
May 17, 2023
The Wrong Immigration at the Wrong Time
The ending of Title 42, has again moved immigration to center stage. With foreign-born as a share of the U.S. population at historic levels, matching the early twentieth century, there…
May 10, 2023
AI Tutoring Has a Lot to Offer. But so Does Human Mentoring.
…of adults about an array of jobs. As Julia Freeland Fisher has put it, “Whom you know matters and what you know matters, but especially powerful is who knows you know…
May 6, 2023
SNAP Needs a Healthy Overhaul
…is that SNAP recipients have especially unhealthy diets , with large shares of benefits spent on sweetened beverages and ultra-processed foods. Making matters worse, the fastest-growing group of SNAP recipients over the…
May 5, 2023
Wrong Diagnosis, Wrong Prescription
Princeton sociologist Matthew Desmond’s previous book, Evicted, offered a compelling account of poverty in America. Illuminating and thought-provoking, its ethnographic accounts of deep struggle spurred new research and increased policy focus on the links…
May 3, 2023
Work-for-Welfare Gains Traction Among Republicans
Last week, U.S. House Republicans included expanded work requirements for Medicaid, food stamps, and cash welfare benefits in their legislation to extend the federal debt limit. As employers continue to struggle to find workers, states,…
May 2, 2023
In Next Recession, Don’t Let Uncle Sam Be Uncle Sucker Again
Following recent bank failures, expectations for a recession have revived. If unemployment rises significantly, Congress will likely re-open its stimulus policy playbook — including by extending unemployment benefits. Yet given an increased…
May 1, 2023
Here’s How Hochul Can Salvage Her Goal of More Affordable Housing in NY
…older homeowners need when they want to downsize are priced out. For that matter, old residents can’t find a smaller spot if they want to stay in town. Teachers, police…
May 1, 2023
Closing Young Minds
…children being segregated into racial affinity groups. According to students I spoke with, during a mandatory school assembly, students were told that requiring transgender athletes to play on teams matching…
March 27, 2023
Here Are the Kinds of Jobs Chat AI Is Likeliest to Affect
…the authors go on to point out that the speed and processes by which AI penetrates the economy is not just a matter of immediate exposure to chat technology itself,…