This article was originally published on Medium. California has earned its place as first in the nation in two oddly related categories: poverty and spending on welfare programs. Indeed, often thought of as a state that is uniquely caring, especially for the...
This article was originally published in DoorsTrust. In his 1931 book, The Epic of America, James Truslow Adams coined one of the most enduring definitions of the American Dream, asserting that it “is that dream of a land in which life should be better and...
This article was originally published in MerionWest. Image via Earth Trekkers. “Despite the stellar success of ordinary people lifting themselves out of poverty through production and access to a stable market, the income inequality narrative has come to dominate...
This article originally appeared in Quillette. Photo by Frank Steele, www.flickr.com/photos/frank_steele/14952790776/. Ideological intolerance in academia and the media has dramatically narrowed the range of ‘acceptable’ ideas, beliefs, and even...
By Brian Meehan and Edward Timmons — April 19, 2018 This article was originally published in The Hill. Photo by Sunghwan Yoon, cropped, CC BY-SA 2.0. Income inequality has become a prominent issue and a major political talking point. How...
By Edward Timmons, Brian Meehan, Andrew Meehan, and John Hazenstab — April 10, 2018 Click Here to Open the PDF in a New Tab Introduction There is growing bipartisan consensus that the US should pursue occupational licensing reform. Both the Obama...