homelessness

^{Christopher Rufo
March 26, 2021
Economics}

The Invisible Asylum

_{Christopher Rufo
March 26, 2021
Economics}

The story of American deinstitutionalization has become familiar. In a long arc—from President Kennedy’s Community Mental Health Act of 1963 to the present—federal and state governments dismantled mental asylums and released the psychiatrically disturbed into the world. Read More ›

^{Christopher Rufo
December 15, 2020
Economics}

_{Christopher Rufo
December 15, 2020
Economics}

This short film will help you understand the homeless and poverty crisis from the inside-out — what drives it, what perpetuates it, and why nothing seems to help. Read More ›

^{Center on Wealth & Poverty
September 16, 2020
Economics}

Christopher Rufo with Reihan Salan for Manhattan Institute’s Young Leaders Circle

_{Center on Wealth & Poverty
September 16, 2020
Economics}

On September 16th, Manhattan Institute president Reihan Salam interviewed City Journal contributing editor Christopher Rufo who has established himself as an authority on the negative consequences of sometimes well-intentioned progressive policies designed to address homelessness, opioid addiction, incarceration, and other urban problems. Read More ›

^{Center on Wealth & Poverty
August 13, 2020
Economics}

Covid-19 Exposes the Roots of the Homeless Crisis in our Cities

_{Center on Wealth & Poverty
August 13, 2020
Economics}

“The coronavirus has started to reveal some long standing truths about homelessness, about addiction, and about mental illness,” explains Christopher Rufo director of Discovery Institute’s Center on Wealth & Poverty. “For the past decade, policy makers have largely avoided these questions, or, largely been in denial about the causes of homelessness.” Read More ›

^{Christopher Rufo
August 3, 2020
Economics}

Chaos by the Bay

_{Christopher Rufo
August 3, 2020
Economics}

San Francisco has become plagued by homelessness, addiction, and property crime. In this short documentary, I investigate what went wrong — how one of the world's most prosperous cities has become a haven of public disorder. Read More ›

^{Christopher Rufo
July 16, 2020
Economics}

The Harm in “Harm Reduction”

_{Christopher Rufo
July 16, 2020
Economics}

As cities in the United States, including San Francisco, Denver, Philadelphia, and Seattle, consider opening their own safe-injection sites, they should understand the full consequences of these practices. Read More ›

^{Center on Wealth & Poverty
May 6, 2020
Discovery Institute, Economics}

The Human Face of Poverty

_{Center on Wealth & Poverty
May 6, 2020
Discovery Institute, Economics}

Please join us Thursday, May 28 at 12pm PST for an online lecture featuring Chris Arnade, author of Dignity: Seeking Respect in Back Row America. Discovery Institute's Christopher F. Rufo will interview Arnade about the dynamics of American poverty, his long road trips through America's "forgotten cities," and the political dimension of anti-poverty policy. Read More ›

Photo of Golden Gate Bridge in background, large chain in front

^{Christopher Rufo
April 14, 2020
Economics}

Chaos by the Bay

_{Christopher Rufo
April 14, 2020
Economics}

The world of the well-off has become tightly restricted by public quarantine orders, and the world of the poor increasingly resembles that of Mad Max — lawless, crime-ridden, and devoid of functioning authority. Read More ›

^{Center on Wealth & Poverty
April 8, 2020
Discovery Institute, Economics}

Homelessness, Compassion, and COVID-19

_{Center on Wealth & Poverty
April 8, 2020
Discovery Institute, Economics}

Join us for an online webinar with Christopher Rufo, Discovery Institute's new Director for the Center on Wealth and Poverty, and learn about the root causes of the homeless crisis as well as what our response to the coronavirus pandemic reveals about the Left-Right divide. Read More ›

^{Christopher Rufo
March 10, 2020
Economics}

Plot Twist

_{Christopher Rufo
March 10, 2020
Economics}

Homelessness has been circumscribed around a set of premises acceptable to progressive opinion. The homeless were thrown onto the streets, we’re told, because of rising rents, heartless landlords, and a lack of economic opportunity. But new data are undermining this narrative. Read More ›