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The Middle Class Is Shrinking Because of a Booming Upper-Middle Class
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Blog Post
Congress Should Look to Employer Health Coverage to Help Low-Wage Workers
…instead of insurance. That seems to be what Senators Rick Scott and Bill Cassidy have in mind. It is not clear if individuals would be eligible for support if they were not enrolled in…
Op-Ed
Albany Will Slice a Lifeline for New York’s Abused Kids—Unless Kathy Hochul Takes a Stand
…of families that are already struggling.” “This bill will transform people’s lives,” asserted Juval Scott of The Bronx Defenders, a public-defense nonprofit, who used Juneteenth as a pretext to claim…
Op-Ed
Work Requirements For Medicaid Could Increase Income and Reduce Poverty
New Congressional Budget Office figures last week indicate that the reconciliation bill passed by the House and under review in the Senate would reduce annual income among the poorest households by…
Report
Holding New Credentials Accountable for Outcomes: We Need Evidence-Based Funding Models
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Op-Ed
Congress Is Subsidizing the Wrong Neighborhoods
…rate. It was a worthy attempt at bolstering development in areas needing greater investment to stimulate the local economy. As The Times reported in 2018, Senator Tim Scott, a South Carolina Republican…
Op-Ed
Financial Aid Follies: The Trump Administration and College Affordability
“Maybe breaking these programs is not an unfortunate side effect that might happen. It’s actually the intended goal, to cause disruption.” That was Judith Scott-Clayton, a professor of economics and…
Op-Ed
Did ‘China Shock’ Throw Millions of Americans Out of Work?
…uses a measure of total employment from Scott Winship, “America Is Still Working,” updated to 2024. (See end note 5 from that paper.) For 1939-2024, the manufacturing employment measure is from…
Article
You Autor Know
Along with many other controversial issues in 2025, Americans are at odds over the merits of tariffs. Underlying this debate is a more specific one—the impact of increased trade with…
Commentary
Is There Really Pent-Up Demand for Ten Times the Manufacturing Jobs We Have?
Data analysis is hard. Admittedly, the consequences of getting it wrong are less severe than a botched surgery. But you still want to be very careful. It’s all too easy…
Blog Post
Trump’s Tariff Formula Is Still Wrong. Maybe That’s Why No One Will Admit They Created It.
…Trade Representative as the source of the formula. And yesterday, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent denied that he was involved. President Trump’s tariffs, within a week of being announced, have already…
Op-Ed
The Looming Debt Crisis, the Trump Tax Cuts, and Medicaid
Let’s start with a chart to understand the dire fiscal situation we are in as a nation. Figure 1. Federal Debt Held by the Public as a Share of Gross…