by Nic Dunn | Jul 7, 2026
The Safety Net We’d Build Today: Empowerment Accounts as a State-Led Pilot Concept Written by The launch of the war on poverty in 1964 created the intellectual and policy framing for much of today’s federal social welfare system. And while there is ample evidence of...
by Nic Dunn | Jun 15, 2026
Nic Dunn written testimony for the U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: Examining the Burden of Federal Benefits Cliffs on Small Businesses and Workers Written by Senator Ernst, Senator Markey, and members of the Committee, thank you for the...
by Nic Dunn | Jun 2, 2026
Tinker or transform: The new welfare reform movement Written by Because families experience the safety net holistically, we need reform efforts that can be holistic as well. That means we need to ask another question: “If we were designing this system from scratch,...
by Nic Dunn | Apr 10, 2026
Utah Housing Reforms that Garner Public Support Written by Key Takeaways Utah voters strongly prefer market forces over government regulation in housing, but broadly support specific, targeted reforms at both the state and local level when given concrete policy...
by Clarence H. Carter and Nic Dunn | Apr 5, 2026
Thirty Years After Welfare Reform, It’s Time for the Next Generation of State-Led Solutions Written by Originally published by National Review. Signed into law 30 years ago, the 1996 welfare-reform law was built on a simple idea: States should lead, and the system...
