Stephen Eide

1 week ago | manhattan.institute | Robert VerBruggen |Stephen Eide |Carolyn D. Gorman |Tim Rosenberger

Good morning: The Manhattan Institute announced Wednesday that Paul Singer is stepping down as its Chairman of the Board after a distinguished 21-year tenure as a trustee, including 17 years as Chair. We are also proud to announce that former U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos was unanimously elected to succeed him as Chair.

Jan 15, 2025 | manhattan.institute | Stephen Eide

Donald Trump is a master at disrupting stale bipartisan orthodoxies and remaking the politics of familiar issues. He did so with free trade and industrial policy in his first term, forcing even the Biden administration to adopt his views. This time around, his tough stance on the border, which helped him win in November, may form the next consensus.

Jan 15, 2025 | unherd.com | Stephen Eide

Bipolardonald j trumpmedicaidMental healthNew YorkPsychiatric hospitalsPsychiatrySchizophreniaSocietyUnited StatesUS Donald Trump is a master at disrupting stale bipartisan orthodoxies and remaking the politics of familiar issues. He did so with free trade and industrial policy in his first term, forcing even the Biden administration to adopt his views. This time around, his tough stance on the border, which helped him win in November, may form the next consensus.

Dec 30, 2024 | thedispatch.com | Stephen Eide

Why an activist fad has led to an overrated policy. Published December 30, 2024 The idea of “lived experience” exerts wide sway across many areas of social policymaking today, from homelessness to mental illness to addiction. Those crises have deepened in recent years, even as lived experience’s influence has continued to grow.

Dec 2, 2024 | city-journal.org | Stephen Eide

Responding to perceptions of a mental-health crisis, various states have taken steps to support and expand their mental-health workforces. Texas, for example, last year committed over $130 million to boost compensation for staff employed in state psychiatric hospitals, part of a multibillion-dollar commitment to expanding and upgrading those facilities.