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September 16, 2024
A Pyrrhic Victory Against Student Loan Default
…Congress created income-driven repayment (IDR) plans in the 1990s, though they only entered widespread use in the early 2010s. Unlike the standard “mortgage-style” fixed repayment plan, in which students pay…
August 29, 2024
It’s Time for Radical Reform in Higher Education
…offering a path forward that is both corrective and sustainable. The proposed bill aims to accomplish the following improvements to federal higher education policy: Holds colleges to a higher standard….
May 30, 2024
Building a High Tech Workforce for the Future
…to retrain as AI use specialists. In March, at a meeting organized by NYU economist Dr. Julia Lane, AEI, and Stanford University’s Digital Economy Lab, a workshop of senior economists…
May 21, 2024
Did AI Just Pass the Turing Test?
…in the UC San Diego study is that it clearly identifies what constitutes true human-level intelligence. It isn’t mastery of advanced calculus or another challenging technical field. Instead, what stands…
April 10, 2024
Biden Irresponsibly Encourages Borrowers to Enroll in SAVE Plan
…of dollars (at least) without explicit Congressional authorization. While establishing standing will be critical to the success of this suit, their argument is compelling: Forgiveness will negatively affect their tax…
April 9, 2024
The Child Tax Credit: My Long-Read Q&A with Kevin Corinth
…this new plan affect that, the Wyden-Smith plan? There’s a pretty large standard deduction. So if you don’t have earnings of, say, $25,000, then you don’t pay any federal income…
February 16, 2024
The Overlooked Benefits of Work-from-Home Opportunities
…market where their contributions add much to production, productivity, and living standards. Of course, there’s an important caveat. As the pandemic taught us, WFH is a luxury, usually confined to…
February 5, 2024
The Biden Administration’s War on Flexibility at Work
…just starting out or want or need flexible work schedules. From the standpoint of the economy, the rule will introduce new rigidities into an already stressed labor market. The Biden…
December 8, 2023
Room for Compromise on the Hot Foods Act
… As it currently stands, SNAP allows recipients to purchase “any food or food product for home consumption except alcohol, tobacco, hot foods, or hot food products ready for immediate consumption…” However,…
November 30, 2023
A Valuable New Perspective on America’s War on Poverty
…of Americans now live in poverty based on President Johnson’s initial standards. And President Johnson’s War on Poverty based on absolute 1960s living standards is largely over and a success….