On April 25, AEI’s agricultural policy studies scholars came together for the fifth event in the 2023 Farm Bill Event series to discuss Title I of the farm bill: commodity price and income support ...

Guaranteed income programs, which provide monthly income to help people with financial needs, have become more popular since the Covid pandemic. Even as research shows the efforts have been effective ...

California lawmakers on Thursday approved a $35 million program to provide monthly cash payments to qualifying residents, allowing recipients to spend the funds at retail for anything they want to buy ...

On December 21, 2024, the US Congress passed the American Relief Act (ARA), which provided funds to cover losses by households and many economic sectors from natural disasters in 2023 and 2024. The ...

Over half of Canadians feel “financially paralyzed” by the cost-of-living crisis, according to a recent poll. As life becomes more unaffordable for more people, we need governments to create policies ...

Income support programmes encompass a spectrum of cash and near-cash transfers designed to alleviate poverty, enhance material security and foster positive outcomes for families. These interventions ...

Income distribution, food and nutrition insecurity, and poor diet quality contribute to diet-related disease, which is a major threat to population health and health equity. Based on our review and ...

In Colorado, full-time workers need to earn an hourly wage of at least $36.79 to afford $2,000 in monthly rent, which is below the federal fair market rate for a Denver-area two-bedroom unit. For many ...