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August 15, 2025
Monica Potts
Cash Payments Were Never Meant to Be a Cure-All for Poor Americans
A recent study highlighted by
The New York Times
casts doubt on this progressive approach to helping struggling families. But the study is hardly definitive—and we’re missing the bigger picture.
July 2, 2025
Monica Potts
The Left-Wing Policy That AI Evangelists Suddenly Love
Alas, they love it for all the wrong reasons.
July 24, 2020
Katie McDonough
,
J.C. Pan
What $600 Can Do
Millions of people are in danger of losing a benefit that has kept their heads above water. These are some of their stories.
March 16, 2020
Mark Engler
,
Andrew Elrod
The Case for a Social Distancing Wage
Paying people to stay home will save lives in the near term, and aid the economic recovery in the long run.
March 11, 2020
Bryce Covert
Can $500 a Month Change Your Life?
A California-based experiment in universal basic income considers the mundane, and potentially transformative, power of a little extra cash.
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