A new report on the marriageability of men counters populist conventional wisdom.
It ignores the importance of economic factors and the benefits of welfare reform.
Alternatively, note that Child Trends says that the safety net reduced poverty by 9.2 percent ...
Policymakers should have prioritized an Operation Warp Speed addressed at preventing widespread learning losses that could damage a generation of children.
Given that we staved off much hardship with early relief spending, anti-poverty policy clearly has gone further than was necessary.
Good public policy staved off hardship for many, but at a cost.
Politicians on both sides want to subsidize parenting. But declining fertility may simply be a result of the desire to have fewer children.
The latest from American Compass uses less than ideal data and overstates the increase in inequality, among other problems.
A strong case could be made for completely scrapping the third round of economic stimulus payments
He’d be better on fighting the pandemic than Trump has been, but in other areas his policies could limit growth without fighting poverty.