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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,…
February 14, 2023
Microsoft Is Getting Ready to Eat Google’s Lunch
…or better than any other encyclopedia, a solid foundation for finding deeper resource materials and subject to constant checking by competing perspectives. ChatGPT has some of the same limitations as…
February 2, 2023
Prioritizing Money Over Marriage, Today’s Parents Are Making a Big Mistake
…too many parents today do not appreciate how much marriage and family matter to their own children’s future well-being. Based on our conversations with young adults, today’s parents often encourage…
January 7, 2023
Personal Responsibility, Not Victimhood, Is the Path to Success
…schools. Such an approach has substantial public support. A recent study by Nat Malkus at the American Enterprise Institute suggests that the success sequence is quite popular among parents as well as…
January 3, 2023
Perspective: Women Are More Likely to Make Friends at Work Than Men. Here’s Why That Matters
Despite efforts to close the gender wage gap, the difference between men’s and women’s wages remains a stubborn fixture of modern society. Women still make 83 cents for every dollar men make….
December 15, 2022
The Myth of Income Stagnation
…consumption gains over those decades. Could this material progress really have coincided with stagnating incomes? Relying on anecdotes and intuition to compute economic trends can work sometimes, but it can…