Poverty
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Are Transfers Replacing Work for America’s Poor?
CBO data show that government transfers now account for a historically large share of income among low-income households. Does today’s welfare system encourage mobility or entrench dependency?
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Capping Card Interest Rates Won’t Make Credit Cheaper
APR caps may sound consumer-friendly, but price caps just serve to cut off vulnerable households from legitimate lenders.
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‘Saving the Family’ Should Start with Sound Money
American’s birth dearth isn’t just cultural — it’s monetary. The best pro-natal policy is to stop making daily life so expensive.
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A Dream of Freedom: The Enlightenment’s Unfinished Business
The American Founding launched a revolutionary idea: rights exist first, and government exists to secure them. It’s beautiful, transformative… and perpetually unfinished.
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New York’s Death Wish
History — and a gritty 1970s vigilante flick — offers sobering lessons about what happens when public institutions fail at their most basic task: keeping citizens safe.
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Denying the Affordability Crisis Won’t Change the Data
American households are hurting. With wage growth lagging and inflation compounding, no amount of presidential bluster can mask the math.
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Liberty Creates Abundance: How Free Markets Feed Families
Decentralized markets and free choices make Thanksgiving possible. Central planning promises food security, but capitalism delivers it.
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Escape Velocity: Why America’s 1963 Poverty Math Is Broken
The Kennedy-era poverty formula hides the economic pressures now crushing working Americans. Worse, benefits losses are wiping out wage gains.
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Grassroots Safety Net: SNAP Gap Inspires Americans to Help Out
Food stamp failures have mobilized thousands of individuals and businesses to provide meals for the hungry. Why are we tasking the feds with this anyway?
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Nigeria’s Shea Ban Backfires, Crushing Millions of Women Workers
The ban will no doubt be a windfall for some. But for millions of Nigerians, it could be devastating.
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Are Transfers Replacing Work for America’s Poor?
CBO data show that government transfers now account for a historically large share of income among low-income households. Does today’s welfare system encourage mobility or entrench dependency?
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•
Capping Card Interest Rates Won’t Make Credit Cheaper
APR caps may sound consumer-friendly, but price caps just serve to cut off vulnerable households from legitimate lenders.
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•
‘Saving the Family’ Should Start with Sound Money
American’s birth dearth isn’t just cultural — it’s monetary. The best pro-natal policy is to stop making daily life so expensive.
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•
A Dream of Freedom: The Enlightenment’s Unfinished Business
The American Founding launched a revolutionary idea: rights exist first, and government exists to secure them. It’s beautiful, transformative… and perpetually unfinished.
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•
New York’s Death Wish
History — and a gritty 1970s vigilante flick — offers sobering lessons about what happens when public institutions fail at their most basic task: keeping citizens safe.
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•
Denying the Affordability Crisis Won’t Change the Data
American households are hurting. With wage growth lagging and inflation compounding, no amount of presidential bluster can mask the math.
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•
Liberty Creates Abundance: How Free Markets Feed Families
Decentralized markets and free choices make Thanksgiving possible. Central planning promises food security, but capitalism delivers it.
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•
Escape Velocity: Why America’s 1963 Poverty Math Is Broken
The Kennedy-era poverty formula hides the economic pressures now crushing working Americans. Worse, benefits losses are wiping out wage gains.
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•
Grassroots Safety Net: SNAP Gap Inspires Americans to Help Out
Food stamp failures have mobilized thousands of individuals and businesses to provide meals for the hungry. Why are we tasking the feds with this anyway?
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•
Nigeria’s Shea Ban Backfires, Crushing Millions of Women Workers
The ban will no doubt be a windfall for some. But for millions of Nigerians, it could be devastating.