Christopher Jacobs of the Federalist explores a long-term negative consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic. Over the past few years, numerous studies have chronicled the ways in which millions of American…
It seems that the COVID related lockdowns of schools didn’t have just an immediate impact on student’s lives, but potentially on their future earnings as well. This means the economic…
“There are more job openings in the U.S. this spring than before the pandemic hit in March 2020, and fewer people in the labor force,” according to the Wall Street Journal. The April…
Jack Salmon writes for the Martin Center about the truth surrounding a popular argument for boosting college attendance. With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, experts within the higher education…
Casey Mulligan reminds National Review Online readers that fellow high-profile economist Paul Krugman is wrong about many of the issues that attract his attention. Professor Paul Krugman “has a good…
This week, Carolina Journal published an opinion piece written by Shannon Watkins from the James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal. The piece centered around community college ‘noncompleters;’ that is,…
The paper is “A Welfare Analysis of Occupational Licensing in U.S. States” by Morris M. Kleiner & Evan J. Soltas. Here’s the abstract: We assess the welfare consequences of occupational…
Benjamin Zycher analyzes the proposed Green New Deal for the American Enterprise Institute. The proposal wilts under even a small level of scrutiny. [N]otwithstanding the assertions from GND proponents that…
The Mercatus Center explains why Amazon chose where it did for its HQ2(s) — and what lessons cities need to draw from it. Those lessons will sound familiar to JLF…
“Measuring human capital: a systematic analysis of 195 countries and territories, 1990–2016” is a study published in Lancet that examines health and education outcomes. Specifically, the researchers collected, standardized, and…
Sometimes we know the answer but dislike its implications so much we try to avoid it to find the easier way around it — and usually fail. Such as the…
George Leef’s latest Martin Center column challenges the idea of mandatory college applications. Legislators in New Mexico are pushing a bill that would make students apply to at least one…