Manhattan Institute

MI's Rafael Mangual on the DSA's call to abolish prisons: "This worldview is characterized by an insane level of hubris. They believe that crime is a function of poverty, socioeconomic deprivation, and that they can solve those things—despite the fact that poverty, economic inequality, all of those things have characterized every human society that's ever existed."

"You cannot have a democracy and a socialist economy. You can live in a country without democratic freedoms and with economic freedoms...but in those countries, people don't starve to death. In those countries, people actually immigrate. All those countries are actually richer on average than the United States. But there is not a single example of a socialist economy that is democratic." MI's Daniel Di Martino, PhD speaks at Young America's Foundation:

MI's Jennifer Weber explains that classroom reinforcement needs to focus on all aspects of a student's behavior, good or bad. #classroomreinforcement #classroommanagement #education

Almost a THIRD of United Auto Workers' active members don't even work in manufacturing -- they work in higher education. In a new piece for City Journal, Sean Speer explores The UAW's efforts to reverse its declining membership. Read more at the link in our bio. #unitedautoworkers #UAW #unions #highered

MI's Jennifer Weber and Danyela Souza Egorov discuss the inefficiencies within NYC public schools and its overall decline, despite a significant increase in spending efforts. Watch the full video via the link in our bio. #education #nycschools #educationreform #nyc #mamdani

Mamdani wants NYC agencies to find 2.5% in “savings.” But with a $6.4 billion budget shortfall looming, asking agencies to cut their own budgets may not be enough. In the City Journal Substack, John Ketcham explains what the mayor should do instead. Read the entire piece: https://lnkd.in/eVzXiKMw

Schools are not mental health clinics. They are education centers. "A lot of times we think about...merging the mental health system and the education system, because we think of it as breaking down silos. But what we don't understand is that a lot of times the goals of those two systems are different." MI's Jennifer Weber, Ph.D., BCBA-D & Carolyn Gorman discuss the issues with school-based mental health, and why schools must focus on education:

Union involvement in higher education is changing universities by exacting steep financial costs on the institutions. Union contracts turn stipends into a fixed obligation, so when budgets tighten, departments can’t pay each student less—they can only admit fewer. The costs fall on prospective students who never enrolled, never paid dues, and never appeared in anyone’s grievance process. The UAW’s turn toward universities to reverse its declining membership is imposing costs on both its traditional industrial-worker base and the world of higher education. MI's Sean Speer on the 'United Academic Workers':

Manhattan Institute's Jennifer Weber, Ph.D., BCBA-D and Danyela Souza Egorov sat down to discuss the challenges facing NYC's education system, including declining enrollment, rising costs, and policy inefficiencies, offering insights into potential reforms via their recent MI report. Watch the full video: https://lnkd.in/ehpiYZeF

The U.S. has long offered an immigration pathway for investors, but the system is outdated, inefficient, and structured to benefit intermediaries more than the public. In a new Manhattan Institute issue brief, Daniel Di Martino, PhD proposes building on President Trump’s “gold card” idea to create a market-based investor-visa system that would grow the economy and reduce the federal deficit.   Di Martino proposes replacing the EB-5 program—a key component of which expires in 2027—with quarterly auctions for its 9,940 annual green cards. Rather than requiring applicants to invest in favored projects and prove compliance with artificial job-creation requirements, the government would simply award visas to the highest bidders and deposit the proceeds directly in the Treasury. Di Martino estimates that the auctions could generate billions of dollars annually while reducing fraud and processing delays.   Di Martino also proposes expanding the number of countries eligible for the E-2 Treaty Investor visa, which allows foreign entrepreneurs to come to the U.S. to set up businesses. This change, along with looser ownership, capital, and immigrant-intent rules, would make the E-2 an effective startup visa. Read the full issue brief: https://lnkd.in/eeqkJaAT