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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….
November 16, 2023
Work in a World of Abundance
…trillion sloshing around the economy, people find ways of housing, feeding, and clothing themselves without working. But life without work can be downright disastrous when looked at from standpoints like…
October 2, 2023
Shopping for Colleges Just Got a Little Easier for Some Students
…standard language and format for financial aid award letters. And while “more government intervention” seldom seems to be the answer in higher education policy these days, in this case it’s…
September 25, 2023
America Remains a Shining Beacon for the World
…immigrants (60 percent) believe their children’s standard of living will be better than theirs is now. Notably, the immigrant standard of living figure is higher than the share of US-born…
September 18, 2023
“Player Piano” (Revisited) in the Age of AI
…a member of the Reeks and Wrecks, it is just $30. “I think it’s clear,” says Radical, “that the American standard of living has tumbled eighty percent.” The rebuttal, judged…
September 18, 2023
Students’ Lack of Basic Knowledge of US History and Civics Remains a National Embarrassment
…in 10 questions correctly. Among those under the age of 45, only one in five pass, which says a lot about the debased standards of common knowledge expected of students…
September 13, 2023
American Dreamers
…leveraging key educational and natural resource assets to promote new economic opportunities. Experts in addiction from AEI and Stanford talked about the causes of the regional opioid abuse crisis and…
September 12, 2023
Please, Gen Z Aren’t “Doomed to be the First Generation of Americans Who Will Grow Up with a Lower Standard of Living Than Their Parents”
…will grow up with a lower standard of living than their parents enjoyed. That is extremely heavy news, and it will take a while for it to sink in. The…