Claudia Aiken of the Weitzman School of Design says that rent control is essentially a ceiling on rent, which has recently taken the form of a limit on annual rent increases known as “rent stabilization.”
An analysis by the Penn Wharton Budget Model finds that three-quarters of the benefits of President Biden’s student loan plan will go to low-income and middle-class earners, even among borrowers ages 25 to 35.
Samuel Preston of the School of Arts & Sciences says that COVID-19 has continued to worsen life expectancy but that good vaccination rates have contributed to a smaller decline in Hispanic Americans.
Shelley Welton of Penn Carey Law and the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy says that blaming renewables is a distraction, a way to forestall a transition that is underway but needs to be moving faster.
Abby Reisman and Ismael Jimenez of the Graduate School of Education join a team of Philadelphia educators to discuss American history, equity and inclusion, critical race theory, and other educational issues of 2022.
