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January 2, 2025
AI Will Have a Major Impact on Labor Markets. Here’s How the US Can Prepare
…evolving opportunities and avoid reliving the painful lessons will require better labor market information. A recent American Enterprise Institute (AEI) paper argues we need new data foundations that provide timely, accurate insights…
December 20, 2024
Fixing Inflation, Right-Sizing the Federal Government
…air. In January 1995, Republicans had just won control of both houses for the first time in 42 years. The federal debt had reached 48 percent of gross domestic product…
December 17, 2024
Make America Smart Again: The Jeopardy Test for Graduation
…of all time, now in its 41st season. Minimized at times as a trivia game, it is far more than that. A study guide for the Jeopardy qualifying test includes lightweight topics such as pop…
December 17, 2024
Industrial Policy and Deficits: Dark Clouds for Democratic Capitalism
…At 80.9 percent, the employment rate is higher than at any time since March 2001, shortly after the employment rate hit its peak of 81.9 percent in April 2000. Everyone…
December 14, 2024
Why the Riskiest Situation NYC Foster Kids Can Face Is Visiting Their Birth Parents
…sight of this maxim. Foster kids being hurt while spending time with their families is not a new phenomenon. A 2018 report by New York City’s Department of Investigation found that a…
December 11, 2024
The Often Overlooked Link Between Drug Use and Family Decline
…sake of their family’s economic prospects and safety, it was important to have a man who was sober most of the time. He would support his family and he would…
December 11, 2024
Some College Graduates Are Taking Lower-Paying Jobs
…not what happens across the board. As college degree attainment has risen over time, many graduates find themselves taking jobs that traditionally belonged to those without a college education—with no…
December 5, 2024
Inflation Reduction Act Offers a General Lesson against Industrial Policy
…IRA could “fragment the West.” This, at a time when geopolitical challenges with respect to Russia, China, and Iran make Western cooperation and coordination more important than at any time…
December 3, 2024
The ‘Fentanyl Election’ Is Over. Now What?
…a woman whose son died of a drug overdose. She recalled the third time he was revived with Narcan. His 14-year-old sister was making him a sandwich and walked into…
December 2, 2024
The Pursuit of Happiness Starts with Families: A Conversation Between Brad Wilcox and Gov. Spencer Cox
…clear on this. When it’s three o’clock in the morning and you have a sick kid who’s screaming — not the happiest times, right? But over time, for sure, and…