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September 18, 2023
Students’ Lack of Basic Knowledge of US History and Civics Remains a National Embarrassment
…near matching. Only 13 percent, in one survey, knew when the US Constitution was ratified, for example. Most couldn’t say which countries the US fought in World War II; only one…
September 18, 2023
A Degree of Risk
…what they have borrowed, if anything at all. As my colleague at the American Enterprise Institute, Nat Malkus, has argued, Biden’s IDR reforms would ostensibly transform a loan repayment program into…
September 17, 2023
Tracking ‘two-parent privilege’ in Utah
…nation. What is true of economic mobility seems to also apply to academic performance: Family stability in the community matters. Clearly, family patterns are tied to the success not only…
September 15, 2023
What Does a Good Economy Look Like?
…workers regaining more ground. But the sourness of public opinion on the economy seems to match up pretty well with Furman’s estimates. At the very least, no matter where we stand relative…
September 15, 2023
Putting This Year’s Poverty Numbers in Context
On Tuesday, the Census Bureau released its latest income and poverty estimates covering calendar year 2022, including two assessments of poverty in America. One, called the Official Poverty Measure (OPM),…
September 14, 2023
The Privilege Hiding in Plain Sight
…obscurity of academic journals into the public conversation.” Kearney simply sticks to the facts and makes an overwhelming data-based case that marriage and stable two-parent families matter monumentally to the…
September 12, 2023
Measuring Poverty: The New Census Estimates and the Future of Poverty Measurement
…New Census Income and Poverty Estimates for 2022 Panelists: Angela Rachidi, Rowe Scholar, AEI Matt Weidinger, Rowe Scholar, AEI Scott Winship, Director, Center on Opportunity and Social Mobility, AEI Moderator:…
September 12, 2023
Who Is Happiest? Married Mothers and Fathers, Per the Latest General Social Survey
…reason why happiness has declined nationally, according to that same study. The research found an astounding 30-percentage-point happiness gap between married and unmarried Americans. Other factors do matter—including income, educational…
September 8, 2023
Is Vote Dilution Necessarily Bad?
…mobilizing pressure “wherever Jews lived, but most particularly in their hometowns—no matter how small.” A memo set out the plan: “Your local Congressman may be the man who will make…
September 6, 2023
Working from Home Has Increased More Modestly Than Many Believe
…to choose commuting to work if someone did both in the survey week. The ACS thus misses shorter stints of working at home, and that only really matters after the…