Conversations with a wide variety of scholars, writers, and community leaders interested in exploring the American Dream, human flourishing, and everything in between. A product of the Archbridge Institute, we strive to bring listeners the best insights from both inside and outside the policy world on the barriers holding back personal achievement and how they can be lifted so each person has the opportunity to live a better, fuller, and richer life.
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At the Archbridge Institute, we define the "economics of flourishing" as the study of how markets, people, organizations, and institutions support the economic foundations of social mobility and human flourishing.
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Dr. Clay Routledge is Vice President of Research and Director of the Human Flourishing Lab at the Archbridge Institute.
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About the Series
At the Archbridge Institute, we define the "economics of flourishing" as the study of how markets, people, organizations, and institutions support the economic foundations of social mobility and human flourishing.
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Dr. Justin Callais is the chief economist at the Archbridge Institute and an assistant professor of economics at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. He is the lead researcher for the institute's Social Mobility in the 50 States project.
Dr. Alicia Plemmons is an assistant professor in the Department of General Business at West Virginia University.
Elizabeth McGuigan is a senior vice president at Philanthropy Roundtable.
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Social Mobility in the 50 States
About the Series
At the Archbridge Institute, we define the "economics of flourishing" as the study of how markets, people, organizations, and institutions support the economic foundations of social mobility and human flourishing.
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Dr. Katharine Stevens is the founder and president of the Center on Child and Family Policy.
Dr. Preston Cooper is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, where his work focuses on higher education policy and reform.
Dr. Justin Callais is the chief economist at the Archbridge Institute and an assistant professor of economics at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. He is the lead researcher for the institute's Social Mobility in the 50 States project.
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Social Mobility in the 50 States
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At the Archbridge Institute, we define the "economics of flourishing" as the study of how markets, people, organizations, and institutions support the economic foundations of social mobility and human flourishing.
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Dr. Vincent Geloso is an assistant professor of economics at George Mason University. As an economic historian, he specializes in the historical measurement of living standards and inequality, public economics, and political economy.
Dr. Justin Callais is the chief economist at the Archbridge Institute and an assistant professor of economics at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. He is the lead researcher for the institute's Social Mobility in the 50 States project.
Vittorio Nastasi is the director of criminal justice policy at Reason Foundation.
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Social Mobility in the 50 States
Intergenerational Mobility, Social Capital, and Economic Freedom
Economic Mobility, the Rule of Law, and Property Rights Protection
About the Series
At the Archbridge Institute, we define the "economics of flourishing" as the study of how markets, people, organizations, and institutions support the economic foundations of social mobility and human flourishing.
About the Experts
Dr. Justin Callais is a research fellow at the Archbridge Institute and an assistant professor of economics at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. He is the lead researcher for the institute's Social Mobility in the 50 States project.
Dr. Ufuk Akcigit is the Arnold C. Harberger Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago and one of the world’s leading experts on business dynamism. He recently partnered with Intuit Quickbooks to develop a Small Business Index.
Dr. Noah Trudeau is a research fellow at the Archbridge Institute and an assistant professor of data analytics at Troy University. He is a co-author of the institute's annual State Occupational Licensing Index.
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Social Mobility in the 50 States
State Occupational Licensing Index
Corey's book: The Parent Revolution: Rescuing Your Kids from the Radicals Ruining Our Schools
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In this episode, Gonzalo Schwarz and Dr. Justin Callais discuss the economics of flourishing and the Archbridge Institute's Social Mobility in the 50 States report. They explore the four pillars of social mobility: Entrepreneurship, Rule of Law, Education and Skills Development, and Social Capital. Dr. Callais emphasizes the importance of taking a holistic approach to social mobility and highlights the need for policy solutions as well as individual agency. He also shares his research on the link between economic freedom and income inequality and mobility. Areas for future research and the importance of economic growth for developing countries are also discussed.
In our first episode of the Economics of Flourishing Series, Dr. James Heckman and Dr. Ramsus Landersø explore how various elements like markets, family structures, and educational systems contribute to social mobility and human development. They discuss the significant impact of parental engagement and the structure of family life on children's futures. Social mobility rates in Denmark and the United States are also compared, shedding light on the crucial role of parental quality and the process of sorting in educational success. The influence of neighborhood dynamics and housing choices is explored, along with why government programs might fall short in promoting true equality. Join us as we challenge conventional beliefs, advocate for open debates, and emphasize the importance of engaging with diverse viewpoints to foster a more understanding and tolerant society. Dr. Heckman and Dr. Landersø help us gain insights into how we can collectively enhance human flourishing through informed choices and robust community engagement.Dr. James Heckman is the Henry Schultz Distinguished Service Professor in Economics and the College at the University of Chicago since 1973. He is the Director of the Center for the Economics of Human Development and also a Senior Fellow with the Archbridge Institute. He has devoted his professional life to understanding the origins of major social and economic problems related to inequality, social mobility, discrimination, skill formation and regulation, and to devising and evaluating alternative strategies for addressing those problems. In 2000, Dr. Heckman won the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel for his "for his development of theory and methods used in the analysis of individual or household behavior. His work in selective samples led him to develop methods (such as the Heckman correction) for overcoming statistical sample-selection problems. His research has given policymakers new insights into areas such as education, job training and the importance of accounting for general equilibrium in the analysis of labor markets."Dr. Rasmus Landersø who is a Research Professor at the Rockwool Foundation Research Unit in Denmark. Rasmus has received his PhD in Economics from Aarhus University and prior to that his Master in Economics from the University of Copenhagen. Rasmus has also been a visiting scholar at the University of Chicago, and he is an Associate Editor of the Journal of Human Capital. Rasmus’ research interests include labor economics, the economics of education, the economics of crime, and applied microeconometrics. His work covers both studies of intergenerational mobility, welfare policies and the role of the public sector, inequality, skill formation, and spillovers in criminal behavior.
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True Progress is a podcast documentary dedicated to investigating the forces that can move our society forward. Our first installment focuses on one of the biggest and most harmful barriers to progress today: polarization. Polarization is something we’ve all heard about and possibly even felt in our everyday relationships. With another presidential election on the horizon and polls showing America’s widening divides, it’s time to take a serious look at how our society became fractured and what we can do, as individuals and collectively, to heal. In conversations with experts, True Progress explores the causes of polarization, its effects on our society, and pathways to solutions.
True Progress: Polarization is presented by Profectus Magazine. It is a product of the Archbridge Institute—a non-partisan, independent, 501(c)(3) public policy think tank—whose mission is to lift barriers to human flourishing.
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About the Show
True Progress is a podcast documentary dedicated to investigating the forces that can move our society forward. Our first installment focuses on one of the biggest and most harmful barriers to progress today: polarization. Polarization is something we’ve all heard about and possibly even felt in our everyday relationships. With another presidential election on the horizon and polls showing America’s widening divides, it’s time to take a serious look at how our society became fractured and what we can do, as individuals and collectively, to heal. In conversations with experts, True Progress explores the causes of polarization, its effects on our society, and pathways to solutions.
True Progress: Polarization is presented by Profectus Magazine. It is a product of the Archbridge Institute—a non-partisan, independent, 501(c)(3) public policy think tank—whose mission is to lift barriers to human flourishing.
Credits
Resources
About the Show
True Progress is a podcast documentary dedicated to investigating the forces that can move our society forward. Our first installment focuses on one of the biggest and most harmful barriers to progress today: polarization. Polarization is something we’ve all heard about and possibly even felt in our everyday relationships. With another presidential election on the horizon and polls showing America’s widening divides, it’s time to take a serious look at how our society became fractured and what we can do, as individuals and collectively, to heal. In conversations with experts, True Progress explores the causes of polarization, its effects on our society, and pathways to solutions.
True Progress: Polarization is presented by Profectus Magazine. It is a product of the Archbridge Institute—a non-partisan, independent, 501(c)(3) public policy think tank—whose mission is to lift barriers to human flourishing.
Past Forward: How Nostalgia Can Help You Live a More Meaningful Life by Clay Routledge
Nostalgia in America: The Power of Looking Back to Move Forward
Nostalgia Can Be an Engine of Progress in Discourse Magazine by Clay Routledge
Nostalgia is the greatest gift this holiday season in the Los Angeles Daily News by Clay Routledge
Men are lost. Here’s a map out of the wilderness. by Christine Emba in The Washington Post
Of Boys and Men: Why the Modern Male Is Struggling, Why It Matters, and What to Do about It by Richard V. Reeves
Is There Anything Good About Men?: How Cultures Flourish by Exploiting Men by Roy F. Baumeister
Previous Podcast on the Marriage Crisis with Kathryn Wilson
Marriage Crisis Video 1: Introductions
Marriage Crisis Video 2: Love is Unconditional, Relationships are Not
Marriage Crisis Video 3: The Velcro of Marriage in a World of Insecure Attachment
Marriage Crisis Video 4: The Loss of Inherited Wisdom in Marriage and Childrearing
Marriage Crisis Video 5: Suitor-Father-Patriarch Lifelong Marriage as Developmental and Virtue Achievement
Richard Reeves' Latest book, Of Boys and Men
The American Institute for Boys and Men (Substack)
Men are lost. Here’s a map out of the wilderness. by Christine Emba in The Washington Post.
Profectus Podcast with Angela Rachidi on Family Affordability
The Human Flourishing Lab
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American Dream Survey 2023
2023 Cost of Thriving Index
AEI Event: Family Affordability in America: A Story of Decline or Achievement?
The American Dream is Not Dead by Michael Strain
Generations by Jean Twenge
Alienated America by Tim Carney
The Complacent Class by Tyler Cowen
Security Can’t Substitute for Development in Profectus Magazine
Meeting the Challenge of Mental Decline in the Age of Material Abundance in Profectus Magazine
Senator Murphy Proposes Legislation on Loneliness
Jury Duty - Amazon Video
Barbie Trailer
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The Evidence on Family Affordability by Dr. Angela Rachidi
National Marriage Project & AEI Present Richard Reeves and Ian Rowe: A Debate On Fatherhood
The real story behind America's population bomb: Adults want their independence
Wild Problems by Russ Roberts and Profectus Magazine's Review
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Get Serious: About Purpose by Katherine Boyle, The Free Press
The Joy of Losing Your Phone by Clare Coffey, The New Atlantis
Tetris - Official Trailer
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Ian's book, Agency: The four-point plan (F.R.E.E.), for all children to overcome the victimhood narrative and discover their pathway to power.
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Michael's Book, Paper Belt on Fire , How Renegade Investors Sparked a Revolt Against the University
The 1517 Fund
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American Culture Project
American Dream 2022 Snapshot: The Health and State of the American Dream
The Social Power of Patriotism
The Righteous Mind by Jonathan Haidt
Coming Apart by Charles Murray
Revolt of the Public by Martin Gurri
Local 1: The Rise of America's Most Powerful Teachers Union (Full Film)
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Breaking Out of the College Box (Profectus Mag)
The Case Against Education by Bryan Caplan
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Capitalism is Key to Fulfilling the Promise of “Black Lives Matter” (Profectus Mag)
Poverty Inc. Documentary
Magatte's Ted Talk: Why it's too hard to start a business in Africa -- and how to change it
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The Fragile Generation (Reason)
Want Kids to Succeed? Future-Proof ’Em (Profectus Mag)
Why Are Millennials Wary of Freedom? (The New York Times)
Security Can't Substitute for Development (Profectus Mag)
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John is Co-founder and President of the Center for Economic Accountability, an independent, nonprofit and nonpartisan educational and advocacy organization working to educate Americans on the harmful and wasteful nature of economic development subsidies. Prior to starting the CEA, John was Vice President for Marketing and Communications at the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, Michigan’s free-market public policy think tank. Before working in public policy, John spent two decades in private-sector agency and corporate roles where his clients often included economic development entities and programs.
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Center for Economic Accountability
Economic Development Incentives: Fostering Productive or Unproductive Entrepreneurship
Evaluating State and Local Business Incentives
Making Sense of Incentives: Taming Business Incentives to Promote Prosperity
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Ross Emmett is the director of the Center for the Study of Economic Liberty and a Professor of pollical economy at Arizona State University. Prior to joining Arizona State University, Professor Emmett was a member of the faculty at James Madison College at Michigan State University. Mason Hunt is the Project Coordinator with the Center for the Study of Economic Liberty within the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Arizona State University. Prior to joining the Center, Mason worked for a non profit membership association of state legislators in Washington, DC. Together Professor Emmett and Mason work to produce the Doing Business North America Index.
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Doing Business North America Index
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Economic Freedom Promotes Upward Income Mobility, Fraser Institute
Robust Political Economy by Mark Pennington
Economic Freedom and Resilience: New Evidence from the 1918 Pandemic
Intergenerational Income Mobility and Economic Freedom as Positive Liberty
The Changing Face of Social Breakdown by Yuval Levin
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First paper in the State-of-the-Art Primer series
Second paper in the State-of-the-Art Primer series
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True Charity: https://www.truecharity.us/
Toxic Charity Book: https://www.amazon.com/Toxic-Charity-Church-Hurts-Reverse-ebook/dp/B004X2JGSI
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American Dream 2021 Snapshot: How Americans view the American Dream and Economic Mobility
The American Dream as the Vision Statement for the United States
All In With the American Dream
My 4.92 American Dream
Profectus Magazine
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WorkED Consulting
Utah Department of Workforce Services: A system integration model
Distressed Communities Index
The Biden skills agenda: It needs work
Landscape study of federal employment and training programs
Vocational rehabilitation: Opportunities for better collaboration under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act
Employment and job-training reform: A framework for policy and practice
Reform this Workforce Law & Bring On State Policy Entrepreneurs
Skill Formation and the Minimum Wage
A Warning Sign for UBI? Unemployment Benefits Discourage Employment
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Kay’s latest article on CityJournal
An interview on the devaluation of higher education with Kay Hymowitz
Kay’s testimony to the Joint Economic Committee
Dr. James Heckman talks economic mobility and what can be learned from Denmark on Econtalk
Full Study, Lessons for Americans from Denmark about inequality and social mobility
Raj Chetty and Nathaniel Hendren on Neighborhood Effects
Burning Glass study on credential inflation
Institute for Family Studies: Better-Educated Women Still Prefer Higher-Earning Husbands
All the Single Ladies
Date-onomics: How Dating Became a Lopsided Numbers Game
Scott Winship on Disability Insurance and Labor Force Participation
Kay Hymowitz on why the new child tax credit won’t live up to the hype
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Right to Start
The Rainforest: The Secret to Building the Next Silicon Valley
In Defense of Non-Competes
Poverty Inc. Documentary
Right to Start Field Guide for Policymakers
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Thriving in North Carolina: Justice, Opportunity, and Barriers to Economic Mobility
Up Together Organization (Formerly the Family Independence Initiative)
America Must Divorce Dignity From Work
Virtual Event on Thriving In North Carolina: Justice, Opportunity, and Barriers To Economic Mobility
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Entrepreneurs and Regulations: Removing State and Local Barriers to New Businesses
What Happened to U.S. Business Dynamism?
Too Much License? A Closer Look at Occupational Licensing and Economic Mobility
Skill Formation and the Minimum Wage
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Economic Mobility in America, A Primer: Contemporary Levels of Social Mobility in the United States
Economic Mobility in America, A Primer Part 2: The United States in Comparative Perspective
What We Do Together: The State of Associational Life in America
The Social Capital Project
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American Business History Center
American Originals Series
Hoover’s World
Gary's Series on Profit
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Reforming Welfare to Reduce Marriage Penalties and Put Children First
Previous Podcast on Licensing with Ed Timmon
Willpower Book
Raj Chetty Study
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Opportunities for Better Federal Housing Policy: How the Biden Administration and Congress Can Improve Housing Affordability
Zoned Out: How School and Residential Zoning Limit Educational Opportunity
Emily Hamilton's Page at the Mercatus Center
Market Urbanism Blog
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Obama White House Occupational Licensing Research
Inverted Pyramid of Consumer Protection
Too Much License Report – Archbridge Institute
Trump Administration Executive Order on Occupational Licensing
Deregulate the Lawyers – Brookings Institution
Knee Center for the Study of Occupational Regulation
Occupational Licensing - Institute for Justice
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Why Meaning Matters for Freedom and Flourishing
How Utah Keeps the American Dream Alive
Reforming Welfare to Reduce Marriage Penalties and Put Children First
Raj Chetty on Race and Economic Opportunity in the United States
John Vervaeke's Meaning Crisis Series
Paul Vanderklay YouTube Channel
The Spiritual Species
Clay's Talk at the Cato Institute
The Denigration of Personal Agency as Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
Clay's Website
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All in with the American Dream
American Dream 2020 Snapshot
Raj Chetty Fading American Dream
Scott Winship’s Primer on Economic Mobility in America
Remote Learning Is a Catastrophe. Teachers Unions Share the Blame.
COVID-19 Is Disrupting the Future of Higher Education
The Importance of Structural Factors in Understanding Economic Mobility
Do Poverty, Inequality, and Mobility Have a Lot in Common? Not Really
Megan McArdle on Economic Mobility in Utah
On Natural and Artificial Barriers to Mobility
Why Meaning Matters For Freedom And Flourishing
Ian Rowe - Incentivize individual agency to achieve upward mobility
The Denigration of Personal Agency as Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
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