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Rising prevalence of disability is part of COVID-19's evolving labor market legacy • Negative effects on labor force participation persist, as do higher rates of disability and employment among those with disabilities
Rising prevalence of disability is part of COVID-19's evolving labor market legacy
Negative effects on labor force participation persist, as do higher rates of disability and employment among those with disabilities
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December 22, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Rising prevalence of disability is part of COVID-19's evolving labor market legacy • Negative effects on labor force participation persist, as do higher rates of disability and employment among those with disabilities
Crypto Kleptocracy • Beyond scams and volatility, crypto is planting the seeds of political self-enrichment amongst the cracks of public corruption law
Crypto Kleptocracy
Beyond scams and volatility, crypto is planting the seeds of political self-enrichment amongst the cracks of public corruption law
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December 8, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Crypto Kleptocracy • Beyond scams and volatility, crypto is planting the seeds of political self-enrichment amongst the cracks of public corruption law
The Dangers of Shared Corporate Leadership • When the same person holds leadership or board positions at two competing companies, the companies are more likely to enter into collusive agreements
The Dangers of Shared Corporate Leadership
When the same person holds leadership or board positions at two competing companies, the companies are more likely to enter into collusive agreements
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November 24, 2025 at 12:49 PM
The Dangers of Shared Corporate Leadership • When the same person holds leadership or board positions at two competing companies, the companies are more likely to enter into collusive agreements
Tax Credits and the Safety Net: Proven Tools That Could Do Even More • The EITC and CTC effectively deliver over $180 billion in aid annually and could still be improved
Tax Credits and the Safety Net: Proven Tools That Could Do Even More
The EITC and CTC effectively deliver over $180 billion in aid annually and could still be improved
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November 20, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Tax Credits and the Safety Net: Proven Tools That Could Do Even More • The EITC and CTC effectively deliver over $180 billion in aid annually and could still be improved
Delivering the Future: Why the Postal Service Needs a New Model • From Self-Financing to Public Investment in National Infrastructure
Delivering the Future: Why the Postal Service Needs a New Model
From Self-Financing to Public Investment in National Infrastructure
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November 20, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Delivering the Future: Why the Postal Service Needs a New Model • From Self-Financing to Public Investment in National Infrastructure
Los Angeles Shows That the Private Sector Can Develop Affordable Housing • Survey data from Los Angeles also show that a majority of residents support new building in their neighborhoods
Los Angeles Shows That the Private Sector Can Develop Affordable Housing
Survey data from Los Angeles also show that a majority of residents support new building in their neighborhoods
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November 20, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Los Angeles Shows That the Private Sector Can Develop Affordable Housing • Survey data from Los Angeles also show that a majority of residents support new building in their neighborhoods
The Economic Case for Higher Birth Rates Is Bigger than You Think • The fiscal challenges of an aging population matter, but the innovation and progress that could be lost in a shrinking world matter even more
The Economic Case for Higher Birth Rates Is Bigger than You Think
The fiscal challenges of an aging population matter, but the innovation and progress that could be lost in a shrinking world matter even more
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November 20, 2025 at 5:23 PM
The Economic Case for Higher Birth Rates Is Bigger than You Think • The fiscal challenges of an aging population matter, but the innovation and progress that could be lost in a shrinking world matter even more
No, Native-Born Employment Has Not Soared • A newly viral chart showing native-born employment levels is a multiple-count data felony. Focus instead on the native-born unemployment rate.
No, Native-Born Employment Has Not Soared
A newly viral chart showing native-born employment levels is a multiple-count data felony. Focus instead on the native-born unemployment rate.
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November 20, 2025 at 5:24 PM
No, Native-Born Employment Has Not Soared • A newly viral chart showing native-born employment levels is a multiple-count data felony. Focus instead on the native-born unemployment rate.
How Cuts to the Insurance Marketplaces Will Harm Entrepreneurs • Small business owners and the self-employed rely on the marketplaces, and coverage is about to become less affordable
How Cuts to the Insurance Marketplaces Will Harm Entrepreneurs
Small business owners and the self-employed rely on the marketplaces, and coverage is about to become less affordable
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November 20, 2025 at 5:24 PM
How Cuts to the Insurance Marketplaces Will Harm Entrepreneurs • Small business owners and the self-employed rely on the marketplaces, and coverage is about to become less affordable
Quick hits: Reactions to the Proposal by Senators Cassidy and Kaine to Rescue Social Security • Would the rescue work?
Quick hits: Reactions to the Proposal by Senators Cassidy and Kaine to Rescue Social Security
Would the rescue work?
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November 20, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Quick hits: Reactions to the Proposal by Senators Cassidy and Kaine to Rescue Social Security • Would the rescue work?
Brave New World • What financial regulatory policy wonks need to know about Silicon Valley
Brave New World
What financial regulatory policy wonks need to know about Silicon Valley
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November 20, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Brave New World • What financial regulatory policy wonks need to know about Silicon Valley
The Proliferation of Private Digital Money • Don’t say you didn’t see this financial crisis coming.
The Proliferation of Private Digital Money
Don’t say you didn’t see this financial crisis coming.
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November 20, 2025 at 5:24 PM
The Proliferation of Private Digital Money • Don’t say you didn’t see this financial crisis coming.
The real issues facing the Social Security program aren’t inefficiency or fraud • Strengthening the program’s future will require balancing tradeoffs of increasing revenue and reducing benefits
The real issues facing the Social Security program aren’t inefficiency or fraud
Strengthening the program’s future will require balancing tradeoffs of increasing revenue and reducing benefits
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November 20, 2025 at 5:24 PM
The real issues facing the Social Security program aren’t inefficiency or fraud • Strengthening the program’s future will require balancing tradeoffs of increasing revenue and reducing benefits
The Heart of the Deal • Why the US-UK trade deal might make both countries poorer
The Heart of the Deal
Why the US-UK trade deal might make both countries poorer
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November 20, 2025 at 5:24 PM
The Heart of the Deal • Why the US-UK trade deal might make both countries poorer
The Long-term Dangers of Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill • Analysis shows that the bill would weaken US economic, fiscal and institutional resilience
The Long-term Dangers of Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill
Analysis shows that the bill would weaken US economic, fiscal and institutional resilience
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November 20, 2025 at 5:24 PM
The Long-term Dangers of Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill • Analysis shows that the bill would weaken US economic, fiscal and institutional resilience
Why do some jobs pay better than others? Think about what workers do • Policy matters, but don't forget the fundamentals
Why do some jobs pay better than others? Think about what workers do
Policy matters, but don't forget the fundamentals
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November 20, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Why do some jobs pay better than others? Think about what workers do • Policy matters, but don't forget the fundamentals
The economic and geopolitical failings of Trump’s tariffs • Trump tariffs will raise U.S. prices by 5.4% and lower real income by 0.8%. They hurt close U.S. allies much more than the Chinese economy.
The economic and geopolitical failings of Trump’s tariffs
Trump tariffs will raise U.S. prices by 5.4% and lower real income by 0.8%. They hurt close U.S. allies much more than the Chinese economy.
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November 20, 2025 at 5:24 PM
The economic and geopolitical failings of Trump’s tariffs • Trump tariffs will raise U.S. prices by 5.4% and lower real income by 0.8%. They hurt close U.S. allies much more than the Chinese economy.
Neither stable nor genius: the misguided legislative attempt to regulate stablecoins • Bills moving through Congress would leave consumers and taxpayers exposed to volatile crypto products
Neither stable nor genius: the misguided legislative attempt to regulate stablecoins
Bills moving through Congress would leave consumers and taxpayers exposed to volatile crypto products
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November 20, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Neither stable nor genius: the misguided legislative attempt to regulate stablecoins • Bills moving through Congress would leave consumers and taxpayers exposed to volatile crypto products
Deliberate policy decisions have disempowered workers and increased labor market inequality • The new State of Working America Data Library shows the latest trends in productivity, wages, labor markets, unionization and CEO pay
Deliberate policy decisions have disempowered workers and increased labor market inequality
The new State of Working America Data Library shows the latest trends in productivity, wages, labor markets, unionization and CEO pay
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November 20, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Deliberate policy decisions have disempowered workers and increased labor market inequality • The new State of Working America Data Library shows the latest trends in productivity, wages, labor markets, unionization and CEO pay
Highway investment probably didn’t go up under Biden – this matters for future policy design • Data sources vary, but the most relevant data source suggests that highway spending, adjusted for inflation, declined. If true, we should rethink federal infrastructure funding in times of distress.
Highway investment probably didn’t go up under Biden – this matters for future policy design
Data sources vary, but the most relevant data source suggests that highway spending, adjusted for inflation, declined. If true, we should rethink federal infrastructure funding in times of distress.
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November 20, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Highway investment probably didn’t go up under Biden – this matters for future policy design • Data sources vary, but the most relevant data source suggests that highway spending, adjusted for inflation, declined. If true, we should rethink federal infrastructure funding in times of distress.