In 2021, the National Low Income Housing Coalition released a report, Out of Reach: the High Cost of Housing, where they stated that “a full-time worker needs to earn an hourly wage of $24.90 on average to afford a modest, two-bedroom rental home in the U.S. The Housing Wage for a two-bedroom home is $17.65 higher than the federal minimum wage of $7.25, and $6.12 higher than the national average hourly wage of $18.78 earned by renters. In 10 states and the District of Columbia, the two-bedroom Housing Wage is more than $25.00 per hour.”
The global movement toward carbon pricing is partial and halting, but real.
As the population ages, it seems plausible that more people will rely on long-term care.
A few months ago, I ran across a comment from a K-12 educator talking about students who had fallen behind during the pandemic.
A common complaint against economists is that their theories place an emphasis on competition, when instead they should encourage cooperation and altruism.