Jared Meyer is a fellow at Economics21 at the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research and the coauthor of Disinherited: How Washington Is Betraying America’s Young (Encounter Books, May 2015). Savannah Saunders is a contributor to Economics21. You can follow Jared on Twitter at @JaredMeyer10 and Savannah at @SavannahRSaunde.
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