Delivering the Future: Why the Postal Service Needs a New Model

From Self-Financing to Public Investment in National Infrastructure

55 mins ago • 

Elena Patel

3

September 2025

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

8

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

14

6

Briefing Book Turns Two!

Looking ahead to what’s to come.

Sep 8 • 

Gopi Shah Goda

 and 

Wesley Yin

11

August 2025

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

8

3

July 2025

Quick hits: Reactions to the Proposal by Senators Cassidy and Kaine to Rescue Social Security

Would the rescue work?

Jul 21 • 

Gopi Shah Goda

8

4

Brave New World

What financial regulatory policy wonks need to know about Silicon Valley

Jul 7 • 

Hilary Allen

35

2

June 2025

The Proliferation of Private Digital Money

Don’t say you didn’t see this financial crisis coming.

Jun 30 • 

Jeffery Zhang

10

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

13

2

Quick hits: Interesting links

Student loans, unions, tariffs, and more

Jun 16 • 

Briefing Book

15

2

The Heart of the Deal

Why the US-UK trade deal might make both countries poorer

Jun 2 • 

Thomas Baranga

 and 

Judd Cramer

5