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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 10, 2023

The Real Reason People Leave Religion

…designed to maximize individual accomplishment as defined by professional and financial success. Such a system leaves precious little time or energy for forms of community that don’t contribute to one’s…

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…

August 7, 2023

The Right Way to Fix Public Broadcasting

…tried to end CPB funding — and the system, still citing Big Bird (which has flown to HBO Max), rallied bipartisan support. Conservatives are not wrong to seek to correct the…

August 3, 2023

Another Pandemic Legacy: Removing the EITC’s Work and Earnings Requirement

…unemployment benefits, food stamps, and even disability and other benefits paid in lieu of working to rise as families seek to maximize their benefit income when they lack earnings—but are…

August 3, 2023

Expanding Economic Opportunities Through Evidence-Based Sector Training

…inequalities and improving employment outcomes more effectively. Responding to Hendra, Schaberg, and Orrell, the second report—Scaling Year Up to Maximize Access and Impact by Garrett A. R. Yursza Warfield—discusses Year Up,…

July 31, 2023

The Utah Model: Workforce Programs and Services Integration Tool Kit

…in the labor market. Utah’s integrated model for workforce and social assistance—the Utah Department of Workforce Services—provides a “playbook” for building state-of-the-art service delivery that maximizes use of taxpayer dollars…

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 17, 2023

Testimony: The Child Tax Credit: 25 Years Later

…the credit as a transfer payment. Eligible families can receive a refundable credit of 15 percent of earnings above $2,500 per year, up to a maximum $1,500 per child in…