Media Coverage
Press coverage on JFI’s Higher Education Finance research
A roundup of recent coverage.
JFI’s guaranteed income analysis in the New York Times
The article, "Guaranteed Income Programs Spread, City by City," features JFI's political economy research
Research by Laura Beamer and Eduard Nilaj in the New York Times
JFI's higher ed research cited by David Brooks
Lead Researcher Laura Beamer on the Brian Lehrer Show
Beamer spoke about student debt cancellation
HudsonUP pilot features in The Economist
The HudsonUP Basic Income Pilot has completed one year of payments to its initial 25-person cohort; one recipient shares his...
Stephen Nuñez speaks to The Hill about the Child Tax Credit
Nuñez's comments are informed by microsimulation work with Jack Landry on the impacts of the expanded Child Tax Credit
Coverage of “Homeownership and Student Debt” in Bloomberg, Politico
"Homeownership and Student Debt" is the eighth post in JFI's Millennial Student Debt project
Bloomberg: “The Year Basic Income Programs Went Mainstream”
Stephen Nuñez speaks on what we know, and what we don't, from guaranteed income pilots
JFI microsimulations in Congressional testimony, Congressional Research Service FAQ
"Assessing Non-Filer Rates," JFI's first microsimulation brief, in testimony to Select Subcommittee Committee on the Coronavirus Crisis
Jordan Weissmann, Matt Yglesias cover JFI’s microsimulation briefs
JFI's microsimulations provide rapid analysis in response to federal policy debates about the Child Tax Credit
JFI’s Claudia Sahm provides insights on macroeconomic and Fed trends
Featured in the Washington Post, Vox, Bloomberg and elsewhere, Sahm discusses short-run inflation, changing Fed policy, and monetary policy trends
HudsonUP Basic Income Pilot releases year one report; Fast Company coverage
JFI Senior Fellow Leah Hamilton presents early results of the five-year basic income pilot in Hudson, NY with effects on...
“Analysis of Full Refundability of the Child Tax Credit Without Expansion” covered in Huffpost, CNBC
Microsimulation work from Jack Landry and Stephen Nuñez shows significant child poverty reductions
Social Wealth Fund work featured in Brazil’s O Globo
Coverage of the partnership between JFI, UFF, CEDE, and the government of the city of Niterói
JFI’s Critical Review of Macroeconomic Models is covered in Insider
Alex Yablon: "Empirical research suggests government money doesn't discourage work"
In Politico: JFI Fellow Paul Williams, Cea Weaver on federal housing policy
The op-ed presents the case for reconciliation package funds to address a national housing crisis
Laura Beamer in Open Campus
Scott Smallwood: "We spend a lot of time talking about the cost of college. But what if the numbers we’...
JFI Research featured in a New York Times editorial by Rashida Tlaib and Eduardo Suplicy
The editorial, published June 30, is titled "Prioritizing People to Build Back the Economy"
Laura Beamer speaks to Vox about student debt
"There are no easy answers on canceling student debt," writes Vox's Emily Stewart
Steve Nuñez speaks about the expanded child tax credit on CBS
Article and video feature Nuñez's analysis of the impactful expansion in the American Rescue Plan
JFI’s guaranteed income work in USA Today
"Is Universal Income Closer to Reality?"
Millennial Student Debt in Newsweek and NPR
Laura Beamer, Lead Researcher on Higher Education Finance, speaks about the student debt crisis
Compton, California and Maricá, Brazil guaranteed income in Bloomberg
A new article in Bloomberg Citylab: "2021 will be the year of guaranteed income experiments"
Laura Beamer speaks to the Texas Standard about the student debt crisis
The conversation draws on JFI's Millennial Student Debt project