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December 23, 2025
The Policy Lessons from Minnesota’s Massive Welfare Fraud
…had a staggering 36 percent improper payment rate. But the scandal-plagued Minnesota programs originated well before the pandemic. Ryan Thorpe and Christopher Rufo report the Feeding our Future program was…
October 3, 2024
Stop the insanity. Our national debt now tops $35 trillion…
America’s political leaders have a spending problem. They know entitlement programs feature benefit promises far exceeding their tax base, but have done nothing to make them sound. Meanwhile, both parties demand…
September 11, 2024
Doing Right by Kids: A Book Event
…Lehman, Fellow, Manhattan Institute John Lettieri, Cofounder, Economic Innovation Group Moderator: Ryan Streeter, Executive Director, Civitas Institute 12:15 a.m. Q&A 12:30 p.m. Lunch 1:00 p.m. Panel II: The Family and…
March 11, 2024
How Many Forms of “Wage Insurance” Do We Need, Exactly?
…Scott Winship, “A Safety Net for the Future: Overcoming the Root Causes of Poverty,” in American Renewal, ed. Paul Ryan and Angela Rachidi. Consider just some of the major social…
September 19, 2023
House Budget Plan Proposes Commonsense Welfare Changes
…Rachidi and former House Speaker Paul Ryan, was released last fall. A chapter in that volume authored by Rachidi, Scott Winship, and one of us (Matt Weidinger), titled “A Safety Net for the Future: Overcoming the…