Economics Where’s the Health-Care Revolution? This year's presidential candidates have spent a lot of time talking about health-care affordability, but not much time discussing how to curb health-care spending. Dwyer Gunn
Economics What Happens When Like Marries Like? The surprising consequences of assortative mating on rural health. Dwyer Gunn
Economics Do You Have to Help Parents to Help Their Children? Are two-generation programs the best way to fight poverty? Dwyer Gunn
Economics Predatory Lending Is Another Form of American Housing Discrimination Why do so many minority borrowers, even those with good credit, end up with high-cost loans? Dwyer Gunn
Education America’s Fragmented Education Funding System Kansas must re-visit its state school funding system. What about the rest of the country? Dwyer Gunn
Economics The Economics of War and Peace A new report from the World Bank highlights the devastating economic consequences of civil war. Dwyer Gunn
Education How Segregated Schools Drive Criminal Behaviors Segregated schools are producing higher levels of criminal networking and behavior among students. Dwyer Gunn
Economics Does Obamacare Really Kill Jobs? The Republican presidential hopefuls keep referring to the Affordable Care Act as a "job-killer." Is there any truth to that? Dwyer Gunn
Economics Hunger Is Bad, Especially for Kids The Obama administration recently announced two new initiatives to reduce childhood food insecurity. Here's why that's a really, really good thing. Dwyer Gunn
Economics Whose Responsibility Are the Working Poor? A new report highlights the relationship between the wages of low-income workers and government spending on public benefits for the working poor. Dwyer Gunn