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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,…
December 1, 2023
Unlocking Economic Prosperity: Career Navigation in a Time of Rapid Change
…are broken in the United States, disproportionately affecting Black, Latinx, and Indigenous individuals and those from low-income backgrounds. Disrupting long-standing occupational segregation and improving outcomes for all will require a system…
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 30, 2023
Evaluating the Success of the War on Poverty since 1963 Using an Absolute Full-Income Poverty Measure
Abstract We evaluate progress in the War on Poverty as President Lyndon B. Johnson defined it, which established a 20% baseline poverty rate and adopted an absolute standard. While the…
November 27, 2023
Bribing Homeowners To Build Tiny Houses Won’t Solve NYC’s Housing Problem
…affordability of its pre-zoning standard of two- and three-family homes. (Although Boston Mayor Michelle Wu is toying with bringing back the housing insanity called rent control, guaranteed to limit new…
November 14, 2023
Forget the Economics of Grievance
…But Trump’s successes were deviations from his brand of nationalism-populism. Indeed, the two major economic policy accomplishments of the Trump years were standard conservative economic fare: needed reform of the…
November 14, 2023
Did Child Poverty Really Increase Last Year?
…ate into living standards. No ARP, no expanded CTC, but also less inflation. The bottom line is that economic hardship among children was never before as low as it was…
November 13, 2023
How The IRS Discourages Boomer Charity
…and Jobs Act of 2017. The latter — its many virtues aside — has led some 90% of taxpayers to file for the “standard” deduction, eliminating their incentive to itemize…
November 11, 2023
Why is NYC Telling Teachers to Not Keep Kids Safe?
…that a student is missing school, coming in late or arriving unkempt and hungry. To them, the family may simply need some extra cash or a referral to standard support…
November 2, 2023
How Churches Can Make a Difference in the Lives of Children Who Need Foster Care
…who is in need of foster care and may want to provide it. So what are the obstacles standing in their way? According to Gallup, one is money. Black Americans…