HeyJaredMichael Meeropol
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Commentary: Do school vouchers help or hurt? (opens the original)
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Everyone listening to me knows about the so-called Big Beautiful Bill with its tax cuts and spending cuts, right? But how many know that it also includes a national tax credit which would be the first federal voucher program by which families paying for private or religious education in grades K through 12 would be subsidized. This law is a danger to already underfunded public schools and it’s already on the books. When I taught economics I led countless discussions with my students about the pr
Commentary: Some Democrats fall for Republican attempt to link DSA to communism (opens the original)
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The Republicans have decided that their best way to retain control of the House and Senate is to run against - drum roll please - communism. And some members of the House on the Republican side have introduced a resolution condemning some of the policies of the Democratic Socialists of America which they hope people will confuse with the dangerous communists. Hidden in the resolution is support for a law called the SAVE act which is a very strong voter suppression bill which President Trump has
Commentary: It’s time to consider a four-day work week (opens the original)
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Back in 1992, I read a fascinating book, "The Overworked American" by the Harvard economist Juliet Schor. I was blown away. I even reviewed it for the economics journal, Challenge. Contrary to popular myths, the industrial revolution with its increased productivity in both agriculture and manufacturing did not translate into increased leisure for workers. In fact, the opposite happened. Medieval work had been highly regulated by the myriad feast days that slowed down the pace of work over the se
An interesting amicus brief on birthright citizenship (opens the original)
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When I was a kid, I remember a radio show called Amicus Curiae. It followed a character who would intervene in court cases as a “friend of the Court.” I was drawn to the idea that anybody who felt she or he had something useful to say, could just come forward and say, “I am a friend of the Court and here is my opinion of what you have under consideration.” [Of course, it’s more complicated than that. One needs permission to file amicus briefs.] Thus, the economist in me was drawn to one of the a
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