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October 31, 2023
Lawmakers Continue Trying to Revive Pandemic-Style Benefits
…unemployed. Except during the Great Recession and the pandemic, states have always contributed 50 percent to EB costs. The proposal would increase EB benefits from a current maximum of 20…
October 20, 2023
Value Needs to be the Next Buzzword in Higher Education
…with an eye to protecting people’s privacy. During lunch, Scott Pulsipher, president of Western Governors University (WGU), spoke about how WGU seeks to maximize the value of their programs, and…
October 11, 2023
CHANGING THE OFFICIAL POVERTY MEASURE WOULD HELP RICH STATES AND HURT POOR STATES
…example, the maximum income a family of four could have and still receive SNAP is currently just under $41,000 in every state except Alaska and Hawaii. The SNAP eligibility threshold…
September 25, 2023
A Bad Bipartisan Housing Bill: Connecting the Dots on the Helper Act
…county could add an estimated 900,000 additional housing units annually (depending on the maximum allowed density) for the next 30 to 40 years. This moderate density increase would expand the…
August 23, 2023
Labor Department Report Finds Pandemic Unemployment Program Had a Staggering 36 Percent Improper Payment Rate
On August 21, the US Department of Labor (DOL) released its long-awaited “improper payment report” on the troubled Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) program. PUA was an unprecedented federal unemployment benefit program that…
August 14, 2023
The Narcissism of Small Diffidences
…were maximized with skill-building camps.” She said, “I began to really second-guess what I knew to be true about being a parent” and spared her son from doing chores as…
August 9, 2023
The CTC Work Incentive Works
…returned to its pre-pandemic form, phasing-in at 15 percent of earnings beyond $2,500, up to a maximum of $1,600 in a refundable CTC per child and a non-refundable $2,000 per…
July 25, 2023
Why Is Economic Growth Good?
…Subways and 757s. Quarterbacks and physical therapists. Software developers and YouTube influencers. Paperbacks and IMAX. Longer life expectancy and higher literacy. Less poverty and pain. Water desalination plants and asteroid…
July 7, 2023
The 21st Century Decline of Economic Freedom
…the gains from economic freedom—has been left on the table: Long-run gains in economic freedom have been achieved over the last 170 years, amounting to three-fifths of the potential maximum,…
June 7, 2023
How ‘Negativity Bias’ Skews the Conversation About Artificial Intelligence
…many people are likely to experience significant AI-driven disruptions in their jobs and lives. Instead of trying to stop this inevitable transition, we should focus on how to maximize the…