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February 22, 2023
Unlocking the Future
…the army you might want or wish to have at a later time.” Teaching isn’t combat, though education is often discussed using military metaphors. Teachers are often said to be…
February 14, 2023
Brave New Technology
…ignorance on technology-related topics, and worth the investment of time and treasure. But it is only the beginning of the value his insights provide. The more important aspect of Magnani’s…
February 14, 2023
Microsoft Is Getting Ready to Eat Google’s Lunch
…over time, partly thanks to improvements in Wikipedia’s rules and partly because of the vast expansion of its crowdsourcing contributor base—and now Wikipedia is, for the most part, as good…
February 13, 2023
The Eerie Familiarity of California’s Boom-Bust Cycle
…Jersey who had taken up residence near Sutter’s Fort in northeast California, was attempting to establish a timber mill to feed burgeoning construction in nearby Sacramento and, farther afield, the…
February 8, 2023
Where the Tech Layoffs Are Hitting Hardest
…with HR. And, at the same time Zuckerberg was talking about “efficiency,” his chief technology officer, Andrew Bozworth, posted to his personal blog that Facebook’s charity-focused endeavors had become a distraction that…
February 2, 2023
Prioritizing Money Over Marriage, Today’s Parents Are Making a Big Mistake
…having kids as beneficial life goals when you haven’t witnessed many good marriages yourself. Men and women are spending less time in marriage over the course of their life than…
February 1, 2023
The Change in Poverty from 1995 to 2016 Among Single‐Parent Families
…over time. Second, there are many income sources for which we were unable to bring in administrative data to correct for increased survey underreporting over time. A notable example is Temporary…
January 24, 2023
“Gig,” Contract, and Nontraditional Workers
…earners. Among lower-income workers, gig work is often full-time. As income rises, such work becomes more supplementary to other full-time work. At the low end of the income distribution, gig…
January 7, 2023
Personal Responsibility, Not Victimhood, Is the Path to Success
…Enterprise Institute and the Institute for Family Studies. The sequence entails three steps: (a) getting at least a high-school degree, (b) working full-time, and (c) marrying before having children. Young…
January 3, 2023
Systemic Disadvantage
…8.6 million. Thus whites, by sheer weight of numbers, absorb the bulk of programs like the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. At the same time, the relative intensity of black poverty…