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Delivering the Future: Why the Postal Service Needs a New Model
From Self-Financing to Public Investment in National Infrastructure
Oct 14 • 
Elena Patel
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
Sep 30 • 
Zachary Steinert-Threlkeld
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
Sep 15 • 
Michael Geruso
 and 
Dean Spears
Briefing Book Turns Two!
Looking ahead to what’s to come.
Sep 8 • 
Gopi Shah Goda
 and 
Wesley Yin
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.
Published on Jed Kolko • Aug 18
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
Aug 4 • 
Vani Agarwal
, 
Tom Buchmueller
, 
Helen Levy
, and 
Wesley Yin
Quick hits: Reactions to the Proposal by Senators Cassidy and Kaine to Rescue Social Security
Would the rescue work?
Jul 21 • 
Gopi Shah Goda
Brave New World
What financial regulatory policy wonks need to know about Silicon Valley
Jul 7 • 
Hilary Allen
The Proliferation of Private Digital Money
Don’t say you didn’t see this financial crisis coming.
Jun 30 • 
Jeffery Zhang
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
Jun 23 • 
Gopi Shah Goda
 and 
Lily Nevo
Quick hits: Interesting links
Student loans, unions, tariffs, and more
Jun 16 • 
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The Heart of the Deal
Why the US-UK trade deal might make both countries poorer
Jun 2 • 
Thomas Baranga
 and 
Judd Cramer
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