By Rachel Goldfarb, originally published on Next New Deal
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What's the Deal: How Can We Grade Universities On Their Local Economic Impact? (YouTube)
Roosevelt Institute Associate Director of Networked Initiatives Alan Smith and NYU student Eugenia Kim explain the Campus Network's Rethinking Communities Initiative and how universities can promote local development.
Don't Be Fooled: The Fed's New Rule Lets Banks Off Easy (TNR)
Roosevelt Institute Fellow Mike Konczal says that increased leverage ratio requirements aren't the end-all solution to Too Big To Fail, even though they are a strong regulatory tool.
Does Christianity Really Prefer Charity to Government Welfare? (The Week)
Elizabeth Stoker agrees with Mike Konczal: the social safety net allows private charities to function better. She also argues for the safety net from a Christian perspective.
- Roosevelt Take: Stoker's piece responds to Mike's recent essay on "the voluntarism fantasy" in Democracy Journal.
Missing Ingredient on Minimum Wage: A Motivated G.O.P. (NYT)
The last three minimum wage increases have involved a president working with a congressional leader from the other party. John Harwood says President Obama seems unlikely to find such a partner.
Yes, Being a Woman Makes You Poorer (TAP)
Monica Potts lays out the complexities of the wage gap, and emphasizes that blaming the gap on women's choices ignores the realities of those choices. Wage gap deniers seem to suggest that gender discrimination doesn't exist.
The Safety Net Catches the Middle Class More Than the Poor (WaPo)
Safety net spending has increased since the 1990s, but not for those in deep poverty, writes Catherine Rampell. Paul Ryan's budget proposal takes the idea of supporting the "deserving" over the most needy even further.
MAP: In 31 States, Daycare Is More Expensive Than College (MoJo)
Erika Eichelberger looks at a comparison of the cost of in-state college tuition and infant daycare from Child Care Aware America. The growing cost of childcare may help explain a recent increase in stay-at-home mothers.