One in seven Americans received benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program in 2011, an all-time high. We analyze changes…
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In this essay, we review the basic economics of housing supply and the functioning of US housing markets to better understand the…
In the 1960s, public support for Aid for Families with Dependent Children (AFDC), a federal program that provided cash benefits to eligible…
Many organizations have budgets that expire at the end of the fiscal year and may face incentives to rush to spend resources on low-quality…
Should China build mega-cities or a network of linked middle-sized
metropolises? Can Europe’s mid-sized cities compete with global…