Total Welfare Spending

With commentary by Paul L. Winfree: “The Unintended Consequences of Welfare Spending”

Poverty & Dependence

Executive Summary

Introduction: Assessing the Intergenerational Compact

Yuval Levin

Culture

Single-Parent Households

With commentary by Martin D. Brown: “Why Single-Parent Households Matter Even More Today”

Student Loan Debt

With commentary by Matthew M. Chingos: “Student Loans: What Students Don’t Know Can Hold Them Back”

CULTURE ESSAY: The Culture of Freedom

by Carson Holloway

POVERTY & DEPENDENCE ESSAY: Declining Labor Force Participation and the Expanding Social Safety Net

Preface to the 2015 Index of Culture and Opportunity

Jim DeMint