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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
Promoting Mobility Through SNAP: Toward Better Health and Employment Outcomes
…of SNAP adults, especially when compared to other groups of US adults. Making matters worse, these health and employment challenges are affecting a greater number of low-income Americans as SNAP…
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…
April 28, 2023
Social Capital: What Is It?
…individuals themselves that matters. Social capital can be more valuable because of the number of relationships involved or because of the qualities of those relationships. Important qualities include attributes of…
April 18, 2023
Introduction to The Social Breakdown
…do together matters. Social capital derives from our participation in—and belonging to—society’s “middle layers.” These middle layers are the myriad institutions, associations, and communities between the individual and the state….
April 1, 2023
Minimum Wages and Poverty: New Evidence from Dynamic Difference-in-Differences Estimates
…counterfactuals to geographically proximate states (“close controls”), which poorly match treatment states’ pre-treatment poverty trends. Moreover, an examination of the post-Great Recession era — which saw frequent, large increases in…
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,…
March 15, 2023
Can Businesses Boost Upward Mobility?
…and wages. Dr. Holzer discussed the importance “high-road employers” place on job training and other investments to drive worker productivity. Matt Sigelman of the Burning Glass Institute spoke next and…
March 6, 2023
The Federal AI Shambles
…providing insight and guidance on longer-term regulatory matters. The commission should be made up of individuals from a broad range of backgrounds, including, law and technology, certainly, but also such…