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The Invisible Economy of Care

Americans provide approximately 36 billion hours of unpaid care annually. This labor underpins the entire formal economy. Its invisibility in economic accounting is a choice with political consequences.

Sofia ReyesMarch 8, 2026
Family

The Marriage Recession

Americans are not rejecting marriage. They are deferring it, reconsidering it, and, in growing numbers, simply not getting around to it. The causes are economic. The consequences are cultural and demographic.

Sofia Torres11 min
Family

The Birth Rate Collapse Is a Signal, Not a Problem

Every wealthy country is having fewer children than needed to sustain its population. The policy responses have largely failed. Understanding why reveals something important about what people actually want.

Sarah Chen12 min
Family

What Parents Owe

American parenting culture has raised the bar of what a 'good parent' looks like to impossible heights. This is not good for parents. It is not clearly good for children. It is very good for a market that profits from parental anxiety.

Sofia Torres10 min
Family

The Loneliness Epidemic Has No Political Solution

Americans have never been more socially isolated, and every proposed solution misunderstands the problem. What loneliness is actually telling us about modern life.

Sarah Chen12 min