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Poverty

Common Good #2 – Robert Doar

| April 18, 2014 | Podcasts, Poverty

Common Good #2 – Robert Doar
In this edition of “Common Good” we are joined by Robert Doar, the Morgridge Fellow in Poverty Studies at the American Enterprise Institute where he studies and evaluates how free enterprise and improved federal policies and programs can reduce poverty and provide...
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Tyler Castle
Tyler Castle is the director of AEI's Initiative on Faith & Public Life. He is a graduate of Westmont College and a former John Jay Institute Fellow.

Helping Actually Can Hurt, New Study Finds

| April 15, 2014 | Poverty

Helping Actually Can Hurt, New Study Finds
A new report asks: Is it better to have received government aid than never to have received at all? In the early 2000s, the British government conducted a randomized control trial to see whether government intervention could help the poor. One group of single mothers,...
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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.

Is Social Mobility a Farce?

| April 7, 2014 | Society

Is Social Mobility a Farce?
Social mobility seems like a cruel joke to some. Harvard grads beget Harvard grads, slum dwellers remain mired in poverty. The elite remain firmly at the top of the heap. Past becomes future. Yet social science tells us otherwise. Study after study has shown that...
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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.