Jeffrey Miron and Jacob Winter US housing prices have risen faster than income since 2000, making housing less affordable. The solution is more housing, and the question is, what is holding that back? Recent research (Cato Research Brief no. 424) finds that land-use regulations have made construction firms less productive: The likelihood that a project is approved decreases as its ...
Walter Olson Alarming news for university independence, from the New York Times: “The Trump administration on Thursday demanded that Columbia University make dramatic changes in student discipline and admissions before it would discuss lifting the cancellation of $400 million in government grants and contracts.” In particular, their letter demanded that Columbia 1) “place the school’s Middle Eastern, South Asian, and ...
Alex Nowrasteh and Ryan Bourne The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is the biggest domestic policy news of 2025 so far. Established by executive order (EO) on January 20, 2025, and “led” by Elon Musk, DOGE officially occupies the administrative shell of the US Digital Service and was mandated to “implement the President’s DOGE Agenda, by modernizing Federal technology and ...