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The pandemic need not have the final word; it can be an opportunity to ensure more parents have more opportunity to seek out an education that is not only high-quality, but one that is provided in the context they deem best for their individual needs.

A well-chosen and consistent monetary policy anchor will not solve every problem—and certainly not ones directly related to public health—but it can facilitate the execution of financial and business contracts and shore up the social contract by lowering uncertainty about the future.

The need for foster and adoptive families is great. In 2018, more than 400,000 children were in foster care, and 18,000 youth left foster care without a permanent home.

Cities with higher murder rates this year tend to have lower overall social capital scores.

As sources of valuable social capital, few relationships are as important as the family ties between parents and children. However, as with other features of our associational life, family ties have been weakening for several decades.

Recent research suggests a relationship between social capital and the behaviors that curb the spread of COVID-19.

As states and municipalities begin to reopen their economics, cases outside of New York and New Jersey may be higher than ever and rising.

As state and local governments seek to re-open businesses and public spaces safely, various organizations and government agencies have recommended a number of convergent data-driven criteria to guide them.

Households with children have been disproportionately impacted by COVID-19.

While there are good reasons not to rely on the tax code to promote social goals, its imbalanced treatment of spending and saving actually discourages savings and thereby poses a barrier to social capital investment. Universal savings accounts would help rectify this bias.

Sep 15 2020

COVID-19, School Closures, and School Choice

Sep 14 2020

Stable Monetary Policy to Connect More Americans to Work

Sep 09 2020

A Place to Call Home: Improving Foster Care and Adoption Policy to Give More Children a Stable Family

Aug 19 2020

High-Social Capital Cities Not Immune to Homicide Spike

Jul 23 2020

The Demise of the Happy Two-Parent Home

Jun 25 2020

More Research Confirms Importance of Social Capital in Studying Coronavirus

Jun 23 2020

COVID-19: Worse than Ever Outside the New York Area?

Jun 02 2020

Reopen Readiness Metric Tracker: A Tool to Evaluate when It’s Safe to Reopen

Jun 01 2020

Households with Children are More Likely to Have Lost Income during the Pandemic

May 26 2020

Saving for Social Capital