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August 7, 2023
Union Square Melee Proves Riots Have Little to Do with Real Political Grievances
…predicated on police mistreatment of minority youth. The NYPD was not intimidated into turning a blind eye toward the destruction of food carts and cars — not this time around….
August 7, 2023
The Right Way to Fix Public Broadcasting
…overlook in favor of those also found on the front page of major newspapers such as the New York Times. Story selection — a disproportionate focus on progressive causes de jour…
August 5, 2023
Rent Control ‘Shabbifying’ NY’s Housing As Owners Feel the Squeeze
…apartments. That translates to more than 300,000 rent-regulated rents with rats or mice. The regulated units also have twice as many leaks (23%, vs. 11%) and three times as many…
August 4, 2023
The Racial Wealth Gap: Myths and Realities
…with these dynamics. According to a 2023 Federal Reserve report, average white wealth is just about four times average black wealth. However, if we only looked at real estate holdings, the ratio is…
August 3, 2023
Philanthropists Discover the Value of “Sunsetting”
…that its hostility to capitalism had thrown it off course: “Perhaps it is time for the trustees and staff to examine the question of our obligations to our economic system…
August 3, 2023
Expanding Economic Opportunities Through Evidence-Based Sector Training
…and flexible funding is vital for scaling sector-based training programs. Promoting fidelity, avoiding ill-conceived or overly prescriptive policies that undermine program intent, and allowing sufficient time for results are important…
August 3, 2023
Another Pandemic Legacy: Removing the EITC’s Work and Earnings Requirement
…prior annual earnings. And that’s without counting the temporarily expanded child tax credit (worth up to $7,200 for two children) that was paid to nonworking parents for the first time…
August 3, 2023
Fight Crime, and Poverty, with Civil Society
Maryland’s new Democratic governor, Wes Moore, has to play to his party’s increasingly left-wing base, but he also knows that problem No. 1 in much of the state is rising crime. Prince George’s…
August 3, 2023
Does Money (and Economic Growth) Buy Happiness?
…US, well done. Time to dial things down. Less work, more leisure. But maybe not. A 2021 analysis by Matthew A. Killingsworth, a senior fellow at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School,…
August 3, 2023
Expanding Economic Opportunities Through Evidence-Based Sector Training
…and flexible funding is vital for scaling sector-based training programs. Promoting fidelity, avoiding ill-conceived or overly prescriptive policies that undermine program intent, and allowing sufficient time for results are important…