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The Abstract
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> Edited by Torie Ludwin, Arnold Ventures (AV)
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In a new guest essay for The New York Times, AV's Executive Vice President of Criminal Justice Jennifer Doleac urges the adoption of a new, bipartisan public safety agenda based on the evidence about what does, and what does not, work to reduce and prevent crime.
In particular, she explains that increasing the likelihood of getting caught is much better at deterring and preventing crime than the severity of punishment. As such, policymakers should focus on solving more crimes, increasing police presence and resources, and deploying new technologies (like license plate readers, cameras, and DNA databases) — rather than long sentences or other punitive punishments. At the same time, it is important to recognize the social and privacy costs of such approaches, and balance these with their proven safety benefits.
Read her essay>
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Modern Healthcare Recognizes AV CEO Among 100 Most Influential
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Kelli Rhee, AV’s president and CEO, was recognized by 🔒Modern Healthcare as one of the 100 most influential people in health care for 2024. This highly regarded list honors individuals identified by their peers and Modern Healthcare's senior editors for their outstanding leadership and transformative influence. Modern Healthcare specifically pointed to Rhee's leadership in AV’s creation of a health care portfolio and its continued work to address Medicare Advantage affordability, drug patent reform, site-neutral payment reform, and improvements to the U.S. organ donation system.
Learn more about AV’s health care work >
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Getting the Baseline Right
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As policymakers debate extending the temporary provisions of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), experts caution against relying on gimmicks to obscure fiscal realities. Andrew Lautz of the Bipartisan Policy Center noted in Politico, “The baseline choice doesn’t change that policymakers urgently need to correct course on our fiscal trajectory.”
The Tax Foundation’s Daniel Bunn and Garrett Watson echoed this, warning that using a more lenient baseline would “just mean that higher deficits, interest costs, and long-term debt would already be baked into the projections for future years.”
Arnold Ventures’ partners — including the Bipartisan Policy Center, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, and the Tax Foundation — are providing actionable insights and potential offset options to inform these critical policy decisions. Their work ensures that fiscal responsibility remains a priority as lawmakers shape the nation’s economic future.
Read the story>
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Health Care
Higher Education
- The Washington Examiner reported on Democratic lawmakers urging the U.S. Department of Education to cancel debt for defrauded student borrowers at a press conference and in a formal letter.
- Preston Cooper from the American Enterprise Institute released a report examining the state authorization process and potential improvements in higher education.
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On April 18-19, 2025, the University of Texas Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs will host the Texas Economics of Crime Workshop. This workshop brings scholars together to discuss cutting-edge research from the economics of crime field. It will include presentations of working papers related to criminal behavior and the criminal justice system.
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- Hear the late poet, writer, activist, and commentator Nikki Giovanni briefly talk about and read her poem “I Married My Mother,” and read her well-known poem “Allowables.”
- The video to Coldplay’s most recent song, All My Love, may appear to be a bit of a love letter to the near-centenarian actor Dick Van Dyke, known by some for his role in Mary Poppins, but it is really an ode to longtime family love.
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