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Raising the SALT cap will not help low-income, rural, or pro-Trump places
The fight over the future of the State and Local Tax deduction (SALT) represents an early test.
Feb 18
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Connor O'Brien
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Raising the SALT cap will not help low-income, rural, or pro-Trump places
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Transfers, deficits, and your community: How will you know?
Here are just a few of the striking facts about U.S. government transfers.
Feb 7
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Sarah Eckhardt
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Ben Glasner
, and
Cardiff Garcia
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Transfers, deficits, and your community: How will you know?
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January 2025
The astonishing fiscal effects of high-skilled immigration
A policy that increases innovation, entrepreneurship, and the growth of strategic industries would be a policy worth spending money on.
Jan 23
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Adam Ozimek
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Connor O'Brien
, and
John Lettieri
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The astonishing fiscal effects of high-skilled immigration
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No, we are not producing too many STEM graduates
The social media firestorm over H-1B visas over the last few weeks has resurfaced a long-running debate about the return to earning a STEM degree.
Jan 21
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Connor O'Brien
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Ben Glasner
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No, we are not producing too many STEM graduates
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Debunking high-skilled immigration myths (or, why stapling green cards to diplomas is a bad idea)
Bad thinking leads to bad policy
Jan 15
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Adam Ozimek
,
Connor O'Brien
, and
John Lettieri
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Debunking high-skilled immigration myths (or, why stapling green cards to diplomas is a bad idea)
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December 2024
The Year in Business Dynamism
There was no way to know, during the peak pandemic days of 2020, whether the observed spike in entrepreneurial activity that year was a real trend.
Dec 20, 2024
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Sarah Eckhardt
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The Year in Business Dynamism
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Ten surprising things about the U.S. labor market
How many jobs were lost to the China Shock?
Dec 10, 2024
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Cardiff Garcia
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Ten surprising things about the U.S. labor market
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November 2024
Left-behind counties have left behind Democrats
Heading into 2024, America’s left-behind counties had just enjoyed their best three years of job growth and business creation this century.
Nov 22, 2024
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John Lettieri
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August Benzow
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Left-behind counties have left behind Democrats
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The economic geography of the 2024 elections
The geographic breadth of Donald Trump’s gains in the 2024 presidential elections was remarkable.
Nov 15, 2024
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Sarah Eckhardt
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Connor O'Brien
, and
Ben Glasner
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The economic geography of the 2024 elections
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An inflation puzzle of the 2024 election
And a possible solution
Nov 8, 2024
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Ben Glasner
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Cardiff Garcia
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An inflation puzzle of the 2024 election
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October 2024
How big-city expats might reshape the politics of rural America
The COVID-19 pandemic spurred an exodus out of the country’s large urban areas.
Oct 31, 2024
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August Benzow
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How big-city expats might reshape the politics of rural America
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Manufacturing jobs boom not reaching places hit by the China Shock
The post-pandemic recovery in manufacturing employment has been remarkable.
Oct 25, 2024
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Connor O'Brien
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Adam Ozimek
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Manufacturing jobs boom not reaching places hit by the China Shock
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