Last week, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two cases that ask it to reconsider judicial deference to administrative agencies’ statutory interpretations. Writing for the Yale Journal on Regulation, Adam J. White explains why the court should abandon this Chevron deference standard to restore the consistent administration of congressional statutes.
As part of the expansion of the child tax credit proposed by House Republicans and Senate Democrats, families would be able to use either of the prior two years of income to determine eligibility. In a new working paper, Kevin Corinth, Angela Rachidi, Matt Weidinger, and Scott Winship explore the macroeconomic costs of this new work disincentive. The Medicare trustees currently project that the programs’ Hospital Insurance trust fund will fall to zero in 2031, necessitating across-the-board cuts or a congressional bailout. However, in a new AEI Economic Perspectives report, James C. Capretta warns that experts and Congress are failing to recognize the growing financial problems facing Medicare’s second trust fund: Supplementary Medical Insurance. Since 2014, women between the ages of 18 and 29 have steadily become more liberal each year, while men’s political views have remained largely stable. Daniel A. Cox surveys years of polling data to explain this unprecedented political and cultural gender divide in Generation Z. After the economy and inflation, the most important issue for voters right now is immigration. Ruy Teixeira explains how Democrats’ refusal to address this issue has seriously damaged their political prospects.
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