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Op-Eds, PodCasts and Interviews

• Devastating child poverty proves we need the expanded child tax credit, The Hill, September 26, 2023 (with Rita Hamad).

• Budget analyses of U.S. income support programs must incorporate long-term benefits for children, Washington Center for Equitable Growth, Sept 22, 2022 (with Anna Aizer and Adriana Lleras-Muney).

• Freakonomics Radio, Why Does the Richest Country in the World Have So Many Poor Kids? (Ep. 475), Stephen Dubner, September 15, 2021. Reposted Feb 16, 2022 with updated content about the expiration of the Child Tax Credit.

• How Do You Reduce Child Poverty?, The Indicator from Planet Money, Stacey Vanek Smith, July 7, 2021.

• Lessons from research on reducing child poverty, EconoFact Chats, May 31, 2021.

• How lifting children out of poverty today will help them tomorrow, The Conversation, with Melissa Kearney and Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach, April 26, 2021.

• Lies your high school teacher told you, Talk Policy To Me Podcast, MY 20, 2021.

• How will Biden’s Fix for Child Poverty Affect Kids’ Health?, Tradeoffs Podcast, March 11, 2021.

• Why the Safety Net Might Not Respond as Effectively to COVID-19 As It Should, The Millbank Quarterly, April 30, 2020

• Children with access to SNAP fare better as adults, University of Michigan News, April 23, 2020

• COVID-19: Economic impact, human solutions, Berkeley Conversations, April 10, 2020

• Knowledge Magazine: Q&A on UBI, Knowledge Magazine, April 3, 2020

• Q & A on Universal Basic Income, Berkeley Opportunity Lab, January 15, 2020

• Increasing SNAP purchasing power reduces food insecurity and improves child outcomes, Brookings Blog, Up Front, July 24, 2018

• Welfare Reform, Our Take, January 18, 2018

• Remember the successes and get behind policies that work, TalkPoverty.org, September 12, 2014

• Don't Call Retreat in the War on Hunger, U.S. News & World Report, September 20, 2013

Media Citations

• A new anti-poverty program in Flint, Michigan, gives cash to new moms,” PBS Newshour, February 16, 2024.

• Hilary Hoynes Elected as Co Vice-President of the American Economic Association, UC Berkeley News. November 29, 2022.

• Poverty drops in California but only because of child tax credit, COVID relief funds, Cal Matters, November 7, 2022.

• Expanded Safety Net Drives Sharp Drop in Child Poverty, Jason DeParle, New York Times, September 11, 2022.

• Billions for corporate welfare, but lifting kids out of poverty is a bridge too far, Cap Times, August 17, 2022.

• A Fed-induced recession is a medicine worse than the disease, Claudia Sahm, Financial Times, July 27, 2022.

• What to Do Now to Prepare for the Next Recession, New York Times, Bryce Covert, July 2, 2022.

• We Pay to Keep the Old Out of Poverty. Why Won’t We Do the Same for the Young?, New York Times, Bryce Covert, May 7, 2022.

• Planet Money, Why America Has Been So Stingy in Fighting Child Poverty, February 22, 2022.

• Quartz, “The US approach to child welfare is based on misleading research,” February 15, 2022.

• Families begin the new year without child tax credit payments, Samantha Fields, Marketplace Radio, January 14, 2022.

• Democrats’ Divide: Should Obama-Era Economic Ideas Prevail in 2021?, Neil Irwin, New York Times, October 19, 2021.

• Dems Zero in on a Rapidly Shrinking Agenda, The Fiscal Times, October 22, 2021.

• Why Not Make the Kids Alright?, Paul Krugman, New York Times, Sept 21, 2021.

• U.S. Poverty Fell Last Year as Government Aid Made Up for Lost Jobs, Ben Casselman and Jeanna Smialek, New York Times, September 15, 2021

• The child tax credit is a first shot at stability for some families, Marketplace, July 13, 2021.

• Can the Democrats Create a New Economic Model? The New Yorker, John Cassidy, July 20, 2021.

• What the rich don’t want to admit about the poor, Ezra Klein, New York Times, June 13, 2021.

• Coming Soon: $300 Checks for Parents, In Her Words, Alisha Haridasani Gupta, New York Times, June 16, 2021.

• Undoing Welfare Reform, American Prospect, May 24, 2021.

• How the US won the Economy Recovery, Dylan Matthews, Vox, April 30, 2021.

• Twilight of the Economists? More like Twilight of the Neoliberals” The Washington Post, April 12, 2021.

• Bidenomics Explained, Noah Smith, Noahopinon, April 4, 2021.

• The Berkeley School, The American Prospect, Harold Meyerson, March 25, 2021.

• Two Decades After the ‘End of Welfare,’ Democrats Are Changing Direction, Jim Tankersley and Jason DeParle, New York Times, March 16, 2021.

• Revolutionary federal stimulus bill could cut California child poverty by half, Jackie Botts, Cal Matters, March 11, 2021.

• In the Stimulus Bill, a Policy Revolution in Aid for Children, Jason DeParle, New York Times March 7, 2021.

• Why pro-work Republicans should support the Biden economic agenda, Catherine Rampell, Washington Post, February 25, 2021.

• Monthly Benefit to Low Income Parents Gains Traction, Cory Turner, NPR News, February 20, 2021.

• The Plot to Help America’s Children, Paul Krugman, NY Times, February 15, 2021.

• Overlooked in Biden’s COVID-19 relief plan: A push to cut child poverty in half, LA Times, February 5, 2021.

• Will Biden’s Tax Plan Discourage Work? We Already Know the Answer Politico Magazine, February 10, 2021

• Helping Kids Is a Very Good Idea, Paul Krugman, New York Times, January 25, 2021.

• Is the War on Poverty Paying for Itself? New Research Offers Evidence on One Front: the Long-Term Benefits of Food Stamps for U.S. Children, Stone Center, January 27, 2021.

• California Policy Lab receives $2M National Science Foundation grant, Daily Californian October 6, 2020.

• Momentum for Basic Income Builds as Pandemic Drags On, Stateline, September 17, 2020.

• COVID-19 EMPLOYMENT STUDY The Cost of American Job Recovery, MoneyGeek, September 15, 2020.

• The Coronavirus Generation, Jason De Parle, New York Times, August 22, 2020.

• Oil on the inequality fire: How lashing jobless aid could widen the wealth gap, Politico, July 23, 2020

• These mayors want to fight Covid-19 and the recession with one big idea: A guaranteed income, Vox, July 21, 2020

• At 18 Months, Universal Basic Income in Stockton Shows Promising Results, Nonprofit Quarterly, July 20, 2020

• The Promising Results of a Citywide Basic-Income Experiment, The New Yorker, July 15, 2020.

• Coronavirus Is a Crisis. Might It Also Narrow Inequality?, Eduardo Porter, The New York Times, June 25, 2020

• The Pandemic Hunger Crisis Is Only Just Getting Started, The Atlantic, June 14, 2020

• Who Wins in Recessions? The Rich and Lucky, Forbes, May 25, 2020

• Does the EITC Deliver?, American Prospect, May 25, 2020

• More Americans are going hungry amid economic crisis — and many can’t get help, PBS Newshour, April 30, 2020

• Everything you need to know about Universal Basic Income, Mashable, April 25, 2020

• COVID-19 Is Exposing the United States’ Ragged, Shameful Safety Net, Jacobin Magazine, April 24, 2020

• Children with access to SNAP fare better as adults, PHSY News, April 24, 2020

• The Long Road to SNAP, The Regulatory Review, April 11, 2020

• The Complexities of a Universal Basic income: Q&A with Hilary Hoynes, Knowable Magazine, April 3, 2020

• The Safety Net Got a Quick Patch. What Happens After the Coronavirus?, New York Times, April 1, 2020

• The Safety Net Got a Quick Patch. What Happens After the Coronavirus?, New York Times, March 31, 2020

• Coronavirus Exposes the Sickness of America’s Shoddy Welfare State, New York Magazine, March 6, 2020

• Three Berkeley Experts Join Gov Newsom's Council of Economic Advisors, Berkeley News, February 25, 2020

• Why aren’t more Americans working? Fed Chair Powell says blame education and drugs, not welfare, Washington Post, February 15, 2020

• Administrative Burdens; Take the Quiz, New York Times The Upshot, January 28, 2020

• Why Does America Hate Its Children?, New York Times, January 17, 2020

• Trump acts to take food stamps away from 700,000 recipients, LA Times, December 5, 2019

• How to Break the Poverty Cycle

  New York Times, November 27, 2019

• More than 50,000 people are set to get a basic income in a Brazilian city

  Vox, October 30, 2019

• Trump proposes denying free school meals to half a million children

  LA Times, October 21, 2019

• Universal basic Income is Having a Moment. Can Advocates Convince a Skeptical Public?

  American Magazine, October 2, 2019

• A generation of economists helped get us into this mess. A new generation can get us out

  Vox, September 13, 2019

• Do You Support Universal Basic Income?

  Countable, July 1, 2019

• American Capitalism's Fault Line: Poverty Wages and Policy Bloopers

  Forbes, June 29, 2019

• Whats Not to Like about the EITC?

  The American Prospect, June 28, 2019

• Why Everyone is Talking about Free Cash Handouts - An Explainer on Universal Basic Income

  CNBC, June 27, 2019

• Newsom Doubled Down on a Tax Credit for the Working Poor. Why does he think it will work?

  Cal Matters, June 26, 2019

• Special Report: California and Texas / California and Texas are both failing their neediest citizens

  The Economist, June 20, 2019

• How Many Americans Live on $2 a Day?

  The Economist, June 20, 2019

• The Implications Surrounding the Universal Basic Income

  Officio Stampa, May 31, 2019

• Hoynes "Il Reddito di cittadinanza ha molti punti deboli"

  La Repubblica, May 26, 2019

• How to Prepare for the Next Recession: Automate the Rescue Plan

  New York Times, May 16, 2019

• Andrew Yang loves math but does his universal basic income proposal add up?

  KOMO News, May 7, 2019

• Three Proposals to Give Americans a Tax Break, and Boost Labor Force Participation

  Real Clear markets, April 15, 2019

• Childless workers often lose out on tax credits. Not with this program

  Christian Science Monitor, March 25, 2019

• Why presidential candidate Andrew Yang wants gov’t to give every adult citizen $1K per month

  Christian Post, March 16, 2019

• The important questions about universal basic income haven’t been answered yet

  Vox, February 14, 2019

• FORTY-FIVE EXPERTS ELECTED TO THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SOCIAL INSURANCE

  National Academy of Social Insurance, February 14, 2019

• Will ‘basic income’ become the California norm? Stockton starts $500 no-strings payments

  Sacramento Bee, February 14, 2019

• Real Time Economics

  Wall Street Journal, February 14, 2019

• Who Belongs? EP5 Hilary Hoynes on the Benefits and Limitations of Food Stamps

  Haas Institute Podcast, December 18, 2018

• To Make America Richer, Help Poor Children

  New York Times, December 6, 2018

• Verdict is In: Food Stamps Put Poor Kids on Path to Success

  Bloomberg, December 4, 2018

• Podcast: Talk Policy To Me EP 207: Talking UBI, part 1

  Goldman School, Talk Policty to Me Podcast, November 28, 2018

• In Conversation with Hilary Hoynes, Washington Center for Equitable Growth.

  Washington Center for Equitable Growth, November 14, 2018

• Catherine Rampell on Trump Proposed Public Charge Rule

  Washington Post, October 18, 2018

• Proposed immigration policy penalizes legal residents for use of public benefits (video)

  PBS News Hour, October 18, 2018

• What the Trump Administration's Latest Attack on Immigrants Means for Kids

  Education Week, October 17, 2018

• Earned Income Tax Credit Is a Cheap Way to Beat Poverty

  Bloomberg, October 1, 2018

• Is California a Good Role Model?

  New York Times, September 13, 2018

• Why Work Requirements Hurt the Poor

  Bloomberg, August 20, 2018

• Geographic Inequities in SNAP Limit Its Effectiveness

  Nonprofit Quarterly, July 27, 2018

• Nine Faculty Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

  UC Berkeley News, April 18, 2018

• This Immigration Proposal Could Put 670,000 Children At Risk Of Poverty

  Huffington Post , April 5, 2018

• The Federal Government Spends a Lot More on the Elderly Than on Children. Should It?

  Wall Street Journal, March 8, 2018

• Safety Net Investments in Children

  Brookings, March 8, 2018

• Come the Recession, Don’t Count on That Safety Net

  New York Times, February 20, 2018

• Oh SNAP! It's Been 40 Years Since the Food Stamps Act

  Washington Post, October 10, 2017

• Interview for "The Region", Minneapolis Fed

  Minneapolis Fed, The Region, June 1, 2017

• Vox on Food Stamps

  Vox, May 23, 2017

• Bloomberg on Hoynes-Patel and the EITC

  Bloomberg, May 8, 2017

• Supply-Side Economics, but for Liberals

  The New York Times, April 16, 2017

• Should we blame cash trasnfers?

  The Jakarta Post, February 2, 2017

• Boosting benefits beats paternalism and promotes long-term health

  The Washington Post, January 26, 2017

• State stops refusing extra welfare to moms who have more children

  CalMatters, January 11, 2017

• Berkeley News on Hoynes

  Berkeley News, January 10, 2017

• Russell Sage Foundation Summarizes Hoynes Research on Food Stamps

  Russell Sage Foundation, November 23, 2016

• 49 Million Americans Are Food Insecure -Here's How One Company Is Trying To Fix That

  SELF, August 29, 2016

• Bloomberg cites Hoynes research on the EITC

  BloombergView, August 29, 2016

• Washington Post Editorial Board cites Hoynes work on welfare reform

  Washington Post, August 22, 2016

• Vox cites Hoynes on welfare reform

  Vox, June 20, 2016

• Washington Post cites Hoynes on welfare reform

  Washington Post, May 28, 2016

• New York Times cites Hoynes on welfare rerform

  New York Times, May 20, 2016

• Mapping Ignorange

  Mapping Ignorance, April 17, 2016

• American Economic Association Research Highlight

  American Economic Association, April 6, 2016

• Up-Front Blog on ETC and CTC

  Brookings, March 17, 2016

• Planet Money Economists On Candidates' Proposals

  Planet Money, February 26, 2016

• Haas Institute Newsletter: Hoynes on Food Insecurity and Anti-Poverty Programs

  Haas Institute, February 18, 2016

• Interview with Hilary Hoynes at Stanford FSE

  Stamford FSE, February 4, 2016

• BFI Newsletter: Hoynes at the White House

  Berkeley Food Institute, February 4, 2016

• In Defense of Food Stamps: Why the White House Sings SNAP's Praises

  NPR, December 29, 2015

• American Economic Association, CSWEP Newsletter, Interview with Hoynes

  AEA CSWEP, December 22, 2015

• Self Sufficiency reflected in children's books

  Wonkblog, December 21, 2015

• Haas Institute Catalyst for Change

  Haas Institute, December 10, 2015

• White House Report on SNAP cites Hoynes work

  White House, December 8, 2015

• The Myth of Welfare's Corrupting Influence on the Poor

  New York Times, October 21, 2015

• A Poverty-Buster That's No Liberal Fantasy

  Bloomberg View, August 13, 2015

• Black Unemployment Falls Below 10%, Still Twice the Rate for Whites

  The Wall Street Journal, August 4, 2015

• "Boomerang" Millennials Get Cozy at Home

  The Wall Street Journal, July 29, 2015

• EITC Boosts Employment; Lifts Many More Out of Poverty Than Previously Thought

  Center for Budget and Policy Priorities, July 23, 2015

• America's best program for the poor may be even better than we thought

  VOX, July 16, 2015

• The Future of SNAP

  GSPP News, June 29, 2015

• Research by UC Berkeley's Hilary Hoynes Part of New While House Report on Rural Child Poverty

  May 21, 2015

• 6 Examples of Long Term Benefits of Anti-Poverty Programs, White House Blog

  White House Blog, May 11, 2015

• Why is it so hard to get off welfare?

  PBS Newshour, April 16, 2015

• Working Poor Bank On Tax Break in Costly California

  Wall Street Journal, April 7, 2015

• How Progressive Policies Can Strengthen Marriage and Family Life

  Institute for Family Studies, February 10, 2015

• Economists Are Finally Reconnecting With The Real World

  538.com, January 6, 2015

• Being Poor is Getting Scarier in the U.S.

  Bloomberg View, January 4, 2015

• Child poverty in the U.S. is among the worst in the developed world

  Wonkblog, Washington Post, October 28, 2014