A recent study put to the test an idea that has become increasingly influential over the past decade: To help kids thrive, one of the best things you can do is to give their parents cash with no ...

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For decades, conventional wisdom has held that the trajectory of American family life is heading in one direction: towards the abolition of marriage as the stable anchor of family life and a more ...

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The legislation to rescind $1.1 billion for the public media system means that the CPB is essentially an empty shell. The fact that the system has alienated a large swathe of the country is the ...

The digitization of practically everything makes modernization of the US statistical system—including improvements to data collection and measurement and investment in statistical agencies—imperative.

Steve Jobs once likened computers to “bicycles for the mind,” tools that amplify human mental capabilities. A new NBER working paper redeploys that famous metaphor to make a compelling argument about ...

Though the 2025 AI Action Plan is ambitious, the plan overlooks several high-stakes gaps—areas where evolving risks may require more proactive federal involvement.

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Amid the current global cycle of populism and polarization, Thailand was one of the first democracies to begin spiraling downward. The polarizing populist at the center of this democracy-damaging ...

Few people are aware of the fact that “climate change” means very different things in science and in policy. That difference exposes the fundamental incoherence of climate policy, highlighted by the ...

Seldom before in the postwar period have America’s macroeconomic policies been as troubling for the country’s longer-term economic outlook as they are today. If the administration ignores ...