The economic returns of civic virtue.
November/December 2013
Posted inEconomy, Magazine, November/December 2013
The Living-in-the-Basement Generation
How young adults are faring in America’s twenty-five biggest metro areas.
Posted inEconomy, Government, Magazine, November/December 2013
The 2013 Opportunity Index
How well is your state helping you succeed?
Posted inEconomy, Magazine, November/December 2013
Introduction: Where Is Opportunity in America?
Once upon a time, proponents of the idea of “American exceptionalism” used to point to Europe’s high youth unemployment rates as an object lesson. See what happens, they’d lecture, when countries have inflexible labor markets and cradle-to-grave social benefits? But an inconvenient truth has emerged. The youth unemployment rate in the United States is now […]
Posted inLaw and Justice, Magazine, November/December 2013
The War of Rape
What happened to Jamie Leigh Jones in Iraq?
Posted inMagazine, November/December 2013
Women, War, and PTSD
Are female warriors more likely to be traumatized by combat?
Posted inEducation, Higher Education, Magazine, November/December 2013
Selective Service
Which elite colleges send the most graduates into government and nonprofit careers?
Posted inMagazine, November/December 2013
Tilting at Windmills
Fair-weather Democrats You probably read about the two Democratic state senators who lost recall elections in Colorado because they voted to strengthen gun laws in the state. What struck me in the New York Times account that I read is that 21,000 fewer voters turned out than had in 2010. That was the midterm election, […]
Posted inEconomy, Magazine, November/December 2013
Stay Put, Young Man
Americans used to be exceptional for how often they moved. But that once-powerful source of both efficiency and upward mobility is now in steep decline.
