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December 1, 2025
Apocalypse Not
Now we’re getting somewhere! Thanks to the person who posts on X.com using @MTSInsights, I know where Michael Green got his inflated cost estimates, which I critiqued in my last post. (Green, you…
November 27, 2025
The Real Math of Survival?
Earlier today (much earlier…) I posted a critique of the new viral post by Michael W. Green claiming that families with less than $140,000 in income should be considered to be in poverty. That…
November 26, 2025
How Not to Redefine Poverty
…my way. It had gone viral. The essay is by Michael W. Green, who is chief strategist and portfolio manager for Simplify Asset Management. The Free Press version is subtitled, “Why $100,000 Is…
November 20, 2025
When help holds families back
…in SNAP – for example, by excluding only those parents with caretaking responsibilities for children under 6. Not only will these efforts encourage employment, they will also constrain federal costs…
October 15, 2025
Don’t Choose Your Own Adventure: Understanding Middle-Class Earnings Trends
What should we make of earnings trends in the United States? People can differ in their opinions about whether some reported trend is impressive or cause for concern, of course….
August 11, 2025
Texas Just Provided a Housing Lifeline—Dallas-Fort Worth Cities Should Grab It
…required. Similarly, SB-840 makes it easier to convert underutilized commercial spaces into residential units. This could steadily add housing without expanding city boundaries or straining infrastructure. Yet some cities are…
August 8, 2025
A win for Wisconsin families: Childcare in the 2025-2027 biennial state budget
…involvement drive up childcare costs, reduce quality, and constrain flexibility for both families and providers.1 As I argued in a 2023 Badger Institute report titled Overregulated Childcare: Some level of…
August 7, 2025
Perspective on the OBBBA’s SNAP Cuts
…rate strains credibility. More likely, states may choose to end their use of eligibility expansions, known as broad-based categorical eligibility that they have increasingly used in recent years. Broad-based categorical eligibility allows…
August 1, 2025
Trump’s tariff deadline: Six experts weigh in
Trump’s trade deals have been surprising in their one-sidedness, in favor of the United States. The president’s supporters have painted this in a positive light. But it likely reflects two…
July 18, 2025
The Misunderstood Gains of Modern America
…gains slowed. But that’s hardly the whole story. Since the 1990 business cycle peak, real wages for average workers have risen by about 40 percent, according to economist Michael Strain….