# Center for Policy & Stability

> Independent, evidence-led opinion on poverty, hardship, and institutional failure in the world's
> wealthiest countries (the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and Western Europe),
> from an editorial board writing in one voice. Two formats: Analysis (long-form, the fullest
> treatment of a theme) and Notes (short, argued responses to developing stories). Every piece is
> labelled opinion, states its thesis up front, cites its sources, and addresses opposing arguments.
> Research and drafting are AI-assisted; see the methodology. Every page is available as Markdown:
> append `.md` to a post URL, use `index.md` for a directory, or request any URL with `Accept: text/markdown`.

## About
- [About the Center](https://policystability.com/about/index.md): mandate, methodology, editorial standards
- [Corrections](https://policystability.com/about/corrections/index.md)

## Research programs
- [Poverty & Living Standards](https://policystability.com/programs/poverty-living-standards/index.md): Income, deprivation, and material hardship in the world's wealthiest countries.
- [Health & Affordability](https://policystability.com/programs/health-affordability/index.md): Access to care, medical debt, and the cost of staying well.
- [Work & Wages](https://policystability.com/programs/work-wages/index.md): Unemployment, insecure work, and pay that no longer covers the basics.
- [Education](https://policystability.com/programs/education/index.md): Unequal schooling, student debt, and the narrowing paths to opportunity.
- [Cost of Living & Housing](https://policystability.com/programs/cost-of-living-housing/index.md): Rents, homelessness, energy bills, and the prices households cannot avoid.
- [Corruption & Institutional Failure](https://policystability.com/programs/corruption-institutional-failure/index.md): When public institutions fail the people they exist to serve.

## Analysis
- None yet.

## Recent notes
- None yet.

## Optional
- [All notes](https://policystability.com/notes/index.md)
- [All analysis](https://policystability.com/analysis/index.md)
- [Countries](https://policystability.com/countries/index.md)
- [Full text of recent work](https://policystability.com/llms-full.txt)