REPORTS, POPULAR WRITINGS, AND INTERVIEWS
PUBLISHED REPORTS AND ARTICLES
The Social Mobility Index: Ranking The States On Family Life. Institute for Family Studies. (with Anna Claire Flowers and Clara Piano)
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Social Mobility in the 50 States, 2025 Edition. 2025. Archbridge Institute (with Gonzalo Schwarz and Vincent Geloso).
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Barriers To Social Mobility Across Canada. 2025. Montreal Economic Institute & Archbridge Institute. (with Vincent Geloso)
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Building On Momentum: Louisiana’s Path To Mobility.
Pelican Institute & Archbridge Institute. 2025.
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Illinois' Low Social Mobility: Causes and Cures. 2025. Illinois Policy Institute. (with Joshua Bandoch)
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Social Mobility in Michigan: Where do we go from here? 2024. Mackinac Center for Public Policy.
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How to Boost Income Mobility in the UK. 2024. Institute for Economic Affairs (with Vincent Geloso)
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Pro-Market Reforms Promote Income Mobility: The Case of Alberta. 2024. Montreal Economic Institute. (with Vincent Geloso and Alicia Plemmons)
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Social Mobility in the 50 States. 2023. Archbridge Institute (with Gonzalo Schwarz). Covered in: Forbes, Marginal Revolution, The Center Square.
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Freedom to Climb: The Connection between Economic Freedom and Upward Mobility. 2023. Profectus Magazine.
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Economic Freedom and Social Mobility: What does it Mean for Puerto Rico? 2023. Instituto de Libertad Economica.
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Economic Mobility, the Rule of Law, and Property Rights Protection. 2022. Archbridge Institute.
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Economic Mobility, Business Dynamism, and Barriers to Entrepreneurship: A Preliminary Examination. 2022. Archbridge Institute.
POPULAR WRITING
A One-Time Wealth Tax, A Permanent Problem for California. 2026. The Sacramento Bee.
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Let’s promote social mobility and not redefine poverty. 2026. American Thinker. (with Ed Timmons)
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Social mobility is America’s bipartisan project. Let’s reduce barriers to it. 2025. The Orange County Register. (with Gonzalo Schwarz)
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Milei's Message for Economists. 2025. Econlib.
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Young People Are Loving Communism. Argentina’s Milei Shows Why They’re Wrong. 2025. TownHall.
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GOP Tax Plan Pours SALT in the Deficit Wound. 2025. RealClearPolitics.
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Why Classical Liberals Should be Skeptical of DOGE. 2025. Econlib.
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Bring business back to Illinois — and Illinoisans back home. 2025. The Edwardsville Intelligencer. (with Joshua Bandoch)
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A Mountain to Climb: How to Improve Social Mobility in West Virginia. 2025. The West Virginia Daily News.
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Trump 2.0’s impact on social mobility: the good, the bad, and the uncertain. 2024. American Thinker.
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The American Dream is Alive in North Dakota. 2024. The Bismark Tribune (with John Bitzan).
Nowhere to go but up: Why Louisiana ranks last in social mobility. 2024. The Hammond Star.
Utah tops social mobility rankings: What others can learn, what can be improved. 2024. Standard-Examiner.
Louisiana needs dynamism to fuel an economic comeback. 2023. The Center Square.
Care about economic mobility? Who deserves your 2024 vote? 2023. Real Clear Politics.
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Great quarterbacks aren’t actually paid that much. 2023. EconLib.org
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Louisiana isn’t living up to the mobility hype. 2023. The Center Square.
A Graduate Student's Review of Jason Brenna's Good Work if You Can Get It: How to Succeed in Academia. 2020. American Institute for Economic Research.
INTERVIEWS
"Social Mobility in the United States", Freedom and Prosperity Radio
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"Connections", The Signal.
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"Tariffs and Corruption", Free the Economy Show, Competitive Enterprise Institute.
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"Why Some States Succeed: Mobility, Markets, and the Freedom to Flourish", The Great Antidote.
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"Enigmas", The Signal.
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Economics of Flourishing: On Social Capital. Archbridge Institute.
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Economics of Flourishing: On Education and Early Childhood. Archbridge Institute.
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Economics of Flourishing: On Institutions and the Rule of Law. Archbridge Institute.
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Economics of Flourishing: On Entrepreneurship and Business Dynamism. Archbridge Institute.
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Economics of Flourishing: Justin Callais on Social Mobility in the 50 States. Archbridge Institute.
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How Charity Builds Social Mobility. Giving Ventures Podcast, DonorsTrust.
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What Utah’s ranking as best state for social mobility teaches us about poverty. Sutherland Institute’s Defending Ideas Podcast.
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Top 5 Ways That Social Mobility Helps Americans. Let People Prosper Show with Vance Ginn.
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How Charity Builds Social Capital. Podcast Interview on Giving Ventures Podcast, DonorsTrust.
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Economic ‘Inequality’ isn’t the Problem. Podcast Interview on Free to Offend Podcast, Nevada Policy.
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Economic Freedom Drives Social Mobility. Webinar for Archbridge Institute.
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Economic Mobility, Business Dynamism, and Barriers to Entrepreneurship: A Preliminary Examination. Panel Participant on "Removing and Reducing Regulatory Barriers for Entrepreneurs." American Legislative Exchange Council.
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Economic Freedom, Industry Diversity, and Resilience. Panel Participant on "Economic Freedom and Local Economies: What Does the Research Say?" Birdwell Institute for Economic Freedom at Southern Methodist University.
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Connecting Economic Freedom and Economic Mobility. Archbridge Institute Podcast.
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Why is Louisiana So Corrupt? Lipton Matthews Podcast.