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January 21, 2025
How Trump Can Permanently Fix the Student Loan Program
…standards of quality. Specifically, the law stipulates that institutions participating in the student loan program must “provide for the implementation of a quality assurance system, as established by the secretary … to…
January 21, 2025
Calling DOGE: HUD’s Costly Hunt for Answers the Market Already Has
…root causes of the problem. This stands in direct opposition to the principles championed by DOGE (the Division of Oversight for Government Efficiency), which emphasize deregulation and market-driven solutions. Ultimately,…
January 16, 2025
Should We Believe the Economic Data or Americans’ “Lyin’” Eyes? The Answer Is Yes.
…be sure, current levels of satisfaction are low by historical standards, but general dissatisfaction seems to be the status quo. Figure 1. Trends in Satisfaction with the Way Things Are…
January 7, 2025
Tax Policy Should Prioritize Shoring Up the Family
…single parents who then stand to lose the credit in the event they marry another worker. The EITC therefore encourages single parenthood. The US has made great progress reducing child…
December 29, 2024
Why Rent Regulation Remains So Hard to Undo in NYC
…“vacancy control” stands in the way of the rent increases owners need to invest simply to comply with building codes and lead abatement laws — rather than leaving units vacant….
December 27, 2024
DOGE Can Drive Reforms in America’s Broken Safety Net Programs
…DOGE can help the new Administration order agencies to rewrite regulations, foster consistency, and reduce duplication. Currently, program regulations have competing eligibility standards and even inconsistent definitions of child, family,…
December 20, 2024
Fixing Inflation, Right-Sizing the Federal Government
…the increase in the cost of living, each year, it becomes a more generous standard, qualifying more families for benefits than would be the case if the CPI were not…
December 17, 2024
Industrial Policy and Deficits: Dark Clouds for Democratic Capitalism
…overrides markets, it slows economic growth and threatens long-term prosperity. By slowing productivity growth, wage growth, and the rate at which living standards rise, it also undermines support for liberal…
December 11, 2024
US Students Best Other Nations—in Achievement Gap Growth
…are good reasons to treat international comparisons with some degree of caution. On a more ignominious note, when it comes to achievement gap growth between 2011 and 2023, the US stands apart from…
December 9, 2024
TIMSS Shows the Bottom Is Falling Out for US Test Scores
…the academic performance of US and international students. The results are grim. Three things stand out. First (and perhaps not surprisingly), the pandemic harmed student achievement. Between 2019 and 2023,…