…past decade at 31% engaged employees. Similar trends cut across multiple dimensions of economic perceptions. Confidence in the job market has collapsed to a new low, with just 28% of workers saying now…

…any country in job market perceptions between younger and older adults, with the former feeling much less positive. In 2025, 43% of Americans aged 15 to 34 said it was…

…ethically. Public-Private Partnerships: Exploring opportunities for public-private partnerships to bring in expertise from outside the government, fostering innovation and efficiency in decision-making processes. Community Engagement: Actively involving communities in decision-making…

…consequences for public health, medicine, and the public good. Notes: From the Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore (J.M.S.); and the O’Neill…

…of the public across partisanship hold favorable views of Medicaid. The January 2025 KFF Health Tracking Poll found about three-quarters of the public have a “very favorable” (37%) or “somewhat…

…private and public entities. Which is less than 10% of total ‘Public Debt’ and perhaps 13% of ‘Debt Held by the Public’. This is hardly an ‘ownership’ position. Plus if…

…(See also Thinking About the Fed.) If you don’t think anyone is confused by that term, understand: in “public debt,” “public” means government. In “debt held by the public,” “public”…

by Sandwichman (reposted from Econospeak) Public Works, Economic Stabilization and Cost-Benefit Sophistry I. Public Works and Economic Stabilization This is where it all began. The National Resources Board’s 1934 Report…

…. USA Facts, “What percentage of public school funding comes from the federal government?” About 13.7% or one in every seven dollars of public-school funding during the 2021–22 school year….

…associate, but I left because I wanted to teach–at a significantly lower salary–at a public law school. That story is repeated endlessly for public employees, whether at educational or research…