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March 27, 2025
The Looming Debt Crisis, the Trump Tax Cuts, and Medicaid
…the federal government relied heavily on one strategy to get out from under its war debt: it tolerated inflation. Since debt repayments are set at the time of borrowing, inflation…
March 26, 2025
How Large Would SNAP Be? Simulating the Size of SNAP Based on Changes to the Unemployment Rate
…had the program’s size varied over time only with respect to the unemployment rate. Using a base year of 2000, we find that if SNAP’s caseload had varied based on…
March 25, 2025
Less Than Half of Student Borrowers Are Paying Their Loans
…pre-pandemic, but they mostly occurred among borrowers who already had a rocky credit record. Most pre-pandemic student loan defaulters had credit scores below 600, and they were roughly three times…
March 25, 2025
Reimagining Federal Education R&D: IES, Workforce Skills, and State Leadership
…tracking performance over time was illustrated with its 2024 results, which provided a window into the nation’s struggle to recover from the Covid pandemic’s harmful effects on learning. Especially important are NAEP’s…
March 24, 2025
Keeping Medicaid Sustainable While Prioritizing the Vulnerable
…In this event, hear experts weigh in on the most promising ways to balance fiscal responsibility and provide health care to the needy. Submit questions to Tim[email protected] or on X with #AEIMedicaid. If…
March 24, 2025
Tax Abatements: The Best-Kept Secret to Revitalizing Struggling Communities—Without Spending Taxpayer Money
…combined, these reforms unleash American ingenuity and entrepreneurship, empowering builders of all sizes to deliver abundant, market-rate housing—boosting supply, reducing costs, and delivering real affordability over time. Read the full…
March 24, 2025
The Student Loan Payment Pause Was a Catastrophic Mistake
…pause might end, but then the federal government extended it eight times. The president announced that he would forgive your loans. The Supreme Court knocked him down. Then the president said…
March 21, 2025
Increasing Financial Aid Isn’t the Solution to High College Costs
…federal Pell Grant, which advocates claim has lost its “purchasing power” over time. This narrative is misleading. In fact, policymakers have made financial aid programs such as Pell Grants far…
March 20, 2025
Homesteading 2.0: A Proposal to Make Housing Affordable Again
Across the Western US, rising home prices are slowing economic growth and stripping first-time homebuyers and middle-class families of homeownership opportunities. Commonsense, market-driven solutions to expand the housing supply are…
March 20, 2025
To Transform K-12 Education, the Trump Administration Should Measure What Matters
…up in stable two-parent homes enjoy, on average, more quality adult time, greater economic resources, and increased emotional support from their parents. More than a decade ago, the obvious relevance…