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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…
September 1, 2023
Despite Staggering Improper Payments, New Labor Department Report Calls for Reviving Pandemic Unemployment Assistance
…under PUA because claimants can self-certify” their eligibility, a risibly weak standard. Those warnings were quickly realized as criminal gangs started fraudulently claiming PUA and other unemployment benefit checks in…
August 29, 2023
Skate Parks: Appreciating Another Third Place
…as parks have “a ton of diversity . . . from gender, from race, from a socioeconomic standpoint.” I have seen this nationwide with my children and many others have…
August 9, 2023
The AI Apocalypse Can Wait
…counterintuitively–disproportionately benefit lower-skilled workers. In April, a Stanford study of customer service workers at call centers found the use of AI boosted productivity and quickly brought low-skilled workers up to levels of…