How Not to Address the Housing Affordability Crisis
Daniel Shoag of the Harvard Kennedy School has an excellent review of the literature on the housing affordability crisis and a number of reforms to increase housing supply across the [...]
This Week in Occupational Licensing, March 13th
Rent Check A bill in Arkansas would give pharmacists the power to administer oral contraceptives. News and Commentary A commentary on a recent report from the National Council on [...]
Arkansas to Legalize Pharmacists to Provide Contraceptive Access
Another modest reform to pharmacist scope-of-practice has been introduced in Arkansas, this time to allow pharmacists to prescribe oral contraceptives: An act to amend the the provisions of the Arkansas [...]
Housing Improvement Market Grows
When developers and homeowners can’t invest by increasing the number of housing units offered, they turn to other opportunities to increase the value of their homes, namely through renovations and [...]
Countercyclical Capital Buffer to Stay at Zero
Last week, the Federal Reserve Board voted to keep the current countercyclical capital buffer (CCyB) at a flat zero: The Federal Reserve Board announced on Wednesday it has voted to [...]
Patently Fraudulent Patents
While the Theranos train wreck was caused by Elizabeth Holmes and Sunny Balwani’s (both facing federal charges) outright fraud, it is worth considering how policy enabled this startup-turned-scam to take [...]
The Robot Will See You Now
Previously, we have written about the potential for software programs to replace lawyers in providing some (but not all) of the services lawyers traditionally provide. In a post for the [...]
Teacher Quality and Licensing Exams
Elementary and secondary school teachers across the nation must take a licensing exam in relevant subject areas to verify they are qualified to teach in a given state. However, pass [...]
GAO Recommendations to Improve OCC Accountability
A report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) on preventing regulatory capture within the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) lists a number of ways the OCC’s accountability [...]
UC System Dumps Elsevier
One of the few powers granted to Congress in the U.S. Constitution that comes with a justification in the text is the patents and copyright clause, which reads “[t]o promote [...]