The number of Americans living in poverty has gone up for the first time in years, the U.S. Census Bureau announced Tuesday. Experts caution the trend, including an increasing child poverty rate, ...
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The history of capitalism, as portrayed in academia and among much of the media, is a sad story. It’s one of smokestacks, sweatshops, child labor, robber barons, social stratification and general ...
From Lawrence McQuillian of the Independent Institute: The poverty rate in the United States fell by half from 1950 to the start of the “War on Poverty.” And it was on track to continue falling. But ...
Unsurprisingly, the Democratic candidates tend to map out more in favor of more generous benefits, such as universal preschool and paid family leave, while the Republican candidates prefer work-based ...