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June 6, 2024
How New Graduates Can Thrive in a Workplace Dominated by AI
…known since the 1950s is giving way to an era of maximum change. Unsettled political conditions at home are mirrored in conflicts abroad. The integrated global economy is fraying at the same…
May 13, 2024
Do Mothers Have “Societal Support”? Does It Count if It Comes from Neighbors?
…here’s a fact about Israel that’s probably worth more than any pro-family government benefit in Sweden: About 70 percent of Israeli parents get help from grandma or grandpa in caring…
April 23, 2024
Awkward Truth: Subsidizing Women’s Work Drives Down Birthrates
…minister of state for universities and science. New York Times columnist Michelle Goldberg argued that “in countries that support working mothers, like Sweden, Denmark, Norway and France, birthrates are basically fine.”…
March 21, 2024
It’s Not Just Minority Neighborhoods—NYC’s Entire Property-Tax System Needs Reform
…rules) should avoid at least one third rail: raising taxes. It will be tempting to soak the Park Slope rich to buffer the Mount Eden poor — but with polls…
March 4, 2024
As the family goes, so goes the state. Utah gets this
…state has a pioneering record when it comes to maximizing the odds that poor kids make it in America and that its citizenry is happy. And the research tells us that the fact…
February 20, 2024
The New Right’s Attack on Markets Is as Ignorant as the Old Left’s
…have demonstrated the power to raise living standards over time. It is worth noting at this point that even the Nordic states, like that bastion of survival-of-the-fittest capitalism, Sweden, exhibit…
January 12, 2024
Congress Shouldn’t Expand Welfare in Return for Corporate Tax Cuts
…maximum benefit. Adopting the 2021 maximum credit amounts of up to $3,600 would cost upwards of $80 billion per year. Modest reforms to the Child Tax Credit that support working families could…
December 4, 2023
A Pro-Market and Pro-Social Economy
…point that even the Nordic states, like that bastion of survival-of-the-fittest capitalism, Sweden, exhibit little patience with failing industries and actively seek to weed out low performing firms that would otherwise hinder growth. The Swedes just…
December 1, 2023
Red States Can Lead the Way on Marriage and Fatherhood
…encouraging all dads — resident and nonresident — to do a good job with their kids while also promoting the institution that maximizes the odds that men will live with…
November 14, 2023
Did Child Poverty Really Increase Last Year?
In 2021, Democrats succeeded in temporarily expanding the child tax credit (CTC) as part of President Biden’s American Rescue Plan. Previously, the maximum CTC of $2,000 per child was available only…