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How Tougher Immigration Enforcement Can Undermine Public Safety
New research finds that immigrant deportations can increase crime, through reducing victim engagement with law enforcement
 • Felipe Goncalves, Elisa Jácome, and Emily Weisburst
Talking Shop: Abundance and Health Policy, with Nick Bagley
Artificial scarcity, entrenched incumbents, insurance expansion, Medicaid cuts, and bending the cost curve
 • Briefing Book
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
 • Gopi Shah Goda and Kevin Rinz
Crypto Kleptocracy
Beyond scams and volatility, crypto is planting the seeds of political self-enrichment amongst the cracks of public corruption law
 • Will Thomas and Jeffery Zhang
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
 • Alejandro Herrera-Caicedo, Jessica Jeffers, and Elena Prager
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
 • Jacob Bastian
Delivering the Future: Why the Postal Service Needs a New Model
From Self-Financing to Public Investment in National Infrastructure
 • 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
 • 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
 • Michael Geruso and Dean Spears
Briefing Book Turns Two!
Looking ahead to what’s to come.
 • 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 • 
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
 • Vani Agarwal, Tom Buchmueller, Helen Levy, and Wesley Yin
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