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An issue of “affordability”

…would argue that three important concepts that are especially poorly captured by standard economic numbers under lie people’s perceptions of affordability: economic inclusion, security, and fairness. By economic inclusion I mean the ability to…

Short-Changing Programs for Children

…FY 2026 – Historical Tables, Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal Year 2026, (US Government Publishing Office, 2026) and CBO, Key Budget and Economic Data: Economic Projections, dataset for February…

How to Build an Economic Model

economic literature that is attendant upon it. So that is how you build an economic model. The question then becomes: how do you use it? A relatively short (though it…