Samuel Hammond
Samuel Hammond is a resident senior fellow. His research focuses on the effectiveness of cash transfers in alleviating poverty, and how free markets can be complemented by robust systems of social insurance. He previously worked as an economist for the Government of Canada specializing in rural economic development, and as a graduate research fellow for the Mercatus Center at George Mason University.
Hammond has received a B.A. in Economics from Saint Mary’s University and M.A.’s in Economics from George Mason University and Carleton University.
Samuel Hammond posts
Op-Ed: America's flagship program for innovative small businesses is broken
How to Fix Marriage Penalties Without Leaving Single Parents Behind
Op-Ed: Baby steps in the war on child poverty
Bipartisan reform options for the Child Tax Credit
Op-Ed: To help children, democrats are going to have to reach across the aisle
Op-Ed: Philanthropy transcended political polarization to help pass an expanded child tax credit. It can do it again.
Conservative thought needs a revolution
Meeting Manchin in the Middle
Lies, Damned Lies, and Child Poverty Statistics
Samuel Hammond on the Expiration of the Child Tax Credit
Let's make sure this week's Child Tax Credit payment isn't our last
Pop-Up Conversation with Rep. Suzan DelBene
Issues in Child Benefit Administration in the United States
Op-Ed: Want more affordable housing and health care? Here's a fix.
BalderDASH: A Renters' Tax Credit Will Only Worsen Housing Affordability
The Reconciliation Bill More Than Doubles the EITC Marriage Penalty
Five Reasons the Child Tax Credit Shouldn't Have a Work Requirement
The Political Economy of Debt and Deficits
Cost Disease Socialism: How Subsidizing Costs While Restricting Supply Drives America's Fiscal Imbalance
Expand Medicaid, Crush "Predatory Lenders" — How Medical Debt Fuels Financialization
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