by Defending Ideas | Nov 7, 2023
Why America needs a new welfare reform movement Written by Roughly 37.9 million Americans live in poverty according to the United States Census Bureau’s official poverty measure. By any assessment, that’s far too many Americans struggling to get by. So...
by Defending Ideas | Oct 24, 2023
Defending Enterprise with Beth Akers: How to approach 2024 campaign rhetoric on the economy Written by This week’s episode of Defending Ideas brings you another installment of our feature segment: Defending Enterprise, with contributor and AEI Senior Fellow Beth...
by Defending Ideas | Oct 3, 2023
A firsthand account of overcoming ‘benefits cliffs’ to escape poverty Written by Trying to get out of chronic poverty is challenging. Sometimes, government programs designed to help can actually make upward mobility feel harder to achieve. On this episode, we talk...
by Defending Ideas | Sep 5, 2023
Rep. Blake Moore on urgency of reining in federal spending Written by Rep. Blake Moore of Utah’s 1st Congressional District joins the show to discuss runaway federal spending and how to shift away from America’s “debt culture.” The...
by Defending Ideas | Aug 29, 2023
Rep. Burgess Owens on education, family and infrastructure Written by Rep. Burgess Owens of Utah’s 4th Congressional District joins the show to discuss upward mobility, with a special focus on the importance of options in both K-12 and post-secondary...
by Defending Ideas | Aug 15, 2023
How programs to help the poor can harm upward mobility Written by Imagine you’re offered a raise that, if accepted, would actually make your family worse off. This is the experience of some families in poverty when they hit something called the benefits cliff....
