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Giving More on a Limited Income, Part 1: Financial Security

Faith and Public Life | January 14, 2016 | Economics, Society

Giving More on a Limited Income, Part 1: Financial Security

“Your generation doesn’t tithe,” my boss drily remarked to me as we discussed efforts at getting my friends to financially join our mission. “Don’t expect much from them.” I immediately began to think of excuses why I was not giving more to the causes I cared most...

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Growth at Home, Uncertainty Abroad

Sara Belz | January 13, 2016 | Economics

Growth at Home, Uncertainty Abroad

Last month’s Federal Reserve announcement and global debt troubles prompt an interesting discussion on national institutions and their responsibilities. In December, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) announced its plans to increase short term interest rates...

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Sara Belz is a Research Analyst with the Hutchins Center on Fiscal and Monetary Policy in the Economic Studies program at Brookings.

A Book for Tin Men: “The Conservative Heart” by Arthur Brooks

Joseph Gilligan | August 17, 2015 | Politics

A Book for Tin Men: “The Conservative Heart” by Arthur Brooks

“I’d be tender; I’d be gentle and awful sentimental, regarding love and art…. If I only had a heart,” sang the Tin Man in “The Wizard of Oz.” “The Conservative Heart” written by Arthur C. Brooks, the president of the American Enterprise Institute (AEI),...

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Joseph Gilligan

Joseph Gilligan, currently attends Houghton College in Houghton, NY.

Woes of a Well-Intentioned Living Wage

Tyler O'Neil | August 6, 2015 | Economics

Woes of a Well-Intentioned Living Wage

Three months ago, Gravity Payments CEO Dan Price announced he would cut his own wages to give all employees a $70,000 wage. This decision earned Price instant acclaim, but it also had its costs. While the media widely praised this move, its fallout has received...

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Tyler O'Neil is the Senior Editor of PJ Media and a conservative commentator.

Wasted Land, Wasted Opportunity

Michael Hendrix | July 20, 2015 | Economics, Society

Wasted Land, Wasted Opportunity

Walk through any major city and you will see weedy lots, fenced-in squares, and derelict developments that many of us try to ignore. Many of these places sit in the middle of the densest, most prosperous areas of urban America. Cities with underdeveloped or vacant...

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Michael Hendrix

Michael Hendrix is the director of state and local policy at the Manhattan Institute, where he manages scholars, conducts research, and leads outreach.