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February 18, 2025
Briefing Paper

No. 184
Immigrant and Native Consumption of Means-Tested Welfare and Entitlement Benefits in 2022
Based on data from the Survey of Income and Program Participation, immigrants consumed 21 percent less welfare and entitlement benefits than native-born Americans on a per capita basis in 2022.
By Alex Nowrasteh and Jerome Famularo
January 21, 2025
Briefing Paper

No. 183
Ending Federal Student Loans: There Is a Small Window of Opportunity to Get the Government out of Student Lending
Replacing the current student loan system, under which the government is the lender, with a system that uses only private lenders would be beneficial to students and taxpayers.
By Andrew Gillen
December 10, 2024
Briefing Paper

No. 182
Licensing Would Reduce Access to Lactation Support Services
Evidence suggests breastfeeding protects babies against short- and long-term health problems.
By Jeffrey A. Singer and Sofia Hamilton
November 14, 2024
Briefing Paper

No. 181
Trends in Higher Education: State Funding and Tuition Revenue at Public Colleges from 1980 to 2023
This report documents state funding, tuition revenue, and total education revenue at public colleges over the past four decades.
By Andrew Gillen
October 14, 2024
Briefing Paper

No. 180
The GSE Experiment Has Failed—Congress Should End It
The federal government’s dominance in the housing finance market—both before and throughout the GSE conservatorships—has stifled private competition and worsened Americans’ financial condition, but it has done virtually nothing to increase the homeownership rate.
By Norbert Michel
October 9, 2024
Briefing Paper

No. 179
Presidential Tariff Powers and the Need for Reform
Congress has broadly delegated its constitutional tariff powers to the president, and there is a real risk that the legislative and judicial branches would be unwilling or unable to check a future president’s abuse of US trade law as currently written.
By Clark Packard and Scott Lincicome
July 16, 2024
Briefing Paper

No. 178
Artificial Intelligence Regulation Threatens Free Expression
With AI set to impact so much of our lives, the decisions over what kinds of speech AI should or should not be allowed to generate will likely become far greater battles than those fought over social media content policies.
By David Inserra
April 18, 2024
Briefing Paper

No. 177
Immigrant Children and School Choice: Immigrant and Native Enrollment in Private and Public Education
We find that 9 percent of immigrants enrolled in K–12 education were in private school during the 2015–2022 period, compared to 16.3 percent of native-born Americans.
By Michael Howard and Alex Nowrasteh
March 28, 2024
Briefing Paper

No. 176
Courts Should Affirm First Amendment Rights of Youths in the Digital Age: The Case for a 21st–Century Tinker
Legislation designed to keep young people safe may create significant limitations on their rights to free expression and the opportunities such speech can provide.
By Jennifer Huddleston
March 21, 2024
Briefing Paper

No. 175
Let Pharmacists Prescribe
State lawmakers should expand pharmacists’ scope of practice to allow them to independently treat a wide range of medical conditions.
By Marc Joffe and Jeffrey A. Singer
March 12, 2024
Briefing Paper

No. 174
How the Federal Government Spends $6.7 Trillion
With massive flows of red ink, Congress should cut transfers, aid to the states, purchases, and federal worker compensation.
By Chris Edwards
February 15, 2024
Briefing Paper

No. 173
Green Card Approval Rate Reaches Record Lows
There is no reason to turn away people who will contribute significantly to America’s economy and society.
By David J. Bier
January 25, 2024
Briefing Paper

No. 172
Reviving Federalism to Tackle the Government Debt Crisis
This study reviews efforts to restrain federal spending and debt, compares federal debt to state debt, and discusses how the states restrain debt.
By Chris Edwards
December 5, 2023
Briefing Paper

No. 171
Defending Gestational Surrogacy: Addressing Misconceptions and Criticisms
Critiques do not reflect the relevant body of research, and critics minimize the substantial value of creating life.
By Vanessa Brown Calder
October 26, 2023
Briefing Paper

No. 170
Cutting International Food Aid
As Congress tackles a major farm bill in coming months, it should consider repealing USDA’s food aid programs.
By Chris Edwards, Colin Grabow, and Krit Chanwong