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Earned paid time off should be a basic right
Nine out of 10 Americans support the idea that all workers should have the right to take paid time off from their jobs. So why is getting paid time off so hard for American workers?
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A primer on SNAP work requirements
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Event recap—Reimagining homeowners insurance amid growing climate risk
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A proposal for a US federal property reinsurer
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The historical role of race and policy for regional inequality
Bradley Hardy, Trevon Logan, and John Parman describe the legacy of structural racism and its influence on economic outcomes for people and places today, outli…
The geography of prosperity
Ryan Nunn, Jana Parsons, and Jay Shambaugh investigate the factors that have created concentrated prosperity in the United States while leaving many places beh…
Still no free lunch: Infrastructure investments must be carefully evaluated
The President’s 2019 Budget gives a prominent place to infrastructure policy, proposing $100 billion of matching funds to state and local governments, as well …
Protecting urban places and populations from rising climate risk
This paper proposes three complementary policies for enhancing urban resilience to new climate risk. The first focuses on improving key urban infrastructure. T…
The next generation of transportation policy
In this paper, Greenstone, Sunstein and Ori propose two major steps towards simplifying fuel efficiency standards and refocusing the program on achieving guara…
No free lunch: The pros and cons of public-private partnerships for infrastructure financing
The need to improve our nation’s infrastructure is an issue on which many policy makers, at all levels of government and across the political aisle, can agree.…
If you build it: A guide to the economics of infrastructure investment
This paper seeks to provide an economic framework for evaluating infrastructure investments and their methods of funding and finance. Why should we invest in i…
Putting time limits on the punitiveness of the criminal justice system
Over the past 30 years, both the incarcerated population and the limitations placed on those with criminal records have dramatically expanded. The consequences…
