News and Commentary While the Federal government traditionally has little to do with zoning and land-use regulations, Nick Zaiac writes about the tools at HUD's disposal to liberalize regulations that [...]
News and Commentary The Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs now requires certified professional midwives to be licensed starting August 1st. Nurse midwives, who are licensed separately, will only [...]
News and Commentary Charles Goodhart and Dirk Schoenmaker argue based on new research that while countercyclical capital buffers (CCyBs) and other anti-cyclical capital requirements are important tools of macroprudential policy, [...]
Rent Check The figures the Trump Administration is relying on when calculating the costs of Chinese IP "theft" are based on some fuzzy math, even when the administration can cite [...]
The current trade war is based on a number of fundamental misunderstandings about the positive-sum nature of international trade and the costs of protectionism. In one relatively minor but characteristically [...]
Rent Check John Hunt has an analysis of one of the boldest statewide reforms in the U.S.: Oregon's effective ban on single-family zoning. News and Commentary As the 2020 [...]
News and Commentary There's nothing funny about occupational licensing, except for this Reason TV song parody by Remy. Reason Foundation's Adrian Moore criticizes Florida's current occupational licensing regime, arguing that [...]
News and Commentary An article in IPPMedia provides an excellent outline of the relationship between financialization and broader economic growth. The financial sector is essential, and in previous decades it [...]
The Oregon legislature just produced one of the boldest zoning reforms enacted at the state level. Taking a page from the Minneapolis 2040 plan, it effectively bans single-family zoning in [...]
Rent Check Trade secrets are an alternative to patenting, but they come at the cost of the various protections that the government gives to patent holders. Or perhaps not. Jeanne [...]