Can COVID-19 help us find what we’ve been searching for? Camryn Zeller | May 18, 2020 | Blog Contributor As a society, we have been practicing physical distancing and respecting stay-at-home orders for about a month and a half, and I have to admit, I have run out of ideas to keep myself busy during my time at home. I have baked countless pies, cookies, and loaves of... Read More Camryn Zeller Camryn Zeller was selected as a 2020 Blog Contributor for the Faith & Public Life blog and is a junior at Hope College where she studies economics, political science, and math.
The American Dream in Crisis: What Can We Do About It? Sara Belz | June 23, 2015 | Society The research is piling up: children of poor Americans are disadvantaged. Their neighborhoods, parents, schools, and lack of community engagement hold them back from entering adulthood with the same opportunities that rich kids have. And by “rich” and “poor,” I don’t... Read More Sara Belz Sara Belz is a Research Analyst with the Hutchins Center on Fiscal and Monetary Policy in the Economic Studies program at Brookings.
How Can We Revive the American Dream? Liz Thatcher | July 2, 2014 | Economics Some have said that the American dream is dead—free markets are rigged, there is no way for people to move up, and we are helpless to our circumstances. In fact, in a recent CNN Opinion Poll, 63 percent of respondents said they were unsure if their kids were going to... Read More Liz Thatcher Liz Thatcher is a writer for Generation Opportunity, the Competitive Enterprise Institute and NewsBusters.
