News and Commentary The Institute for Justice released a series of videos explaining the problems with occupational licensing. These videos elicited a knee-jerk response from Think Progress. The author, Josh Israel, [...]
News and Commentary In this interview transcript, three Brookings Institution scholars discuss the stress tests implemented after the financial crisis. Up through 2018, these tests resulted in banks being required [...]
Rent Check Senators Rick Scott (R-FL) and Chris Van Hollen's (D-MD) We PAID Act, which would prevent patented drugs financed in part by government research from exceeding the price needed [...]
News and Commentary As rents continue to rise in most cities, average rents in Seatle have dipped by nearly 3 percent. That may not sound like much, but considering rents [...]
News and Commentary Last month, President Trump joined the long list public officials from both parties calling for licensure reform. In doing so, he said that the required training to [...]
News and Commentary The Basel III international banking regulations instructed national regulators to enact countercyclical capital buffers (CCyB). These regulations would require banks to build up more financial resilience in [...]
News and Commentary The USPTO is proposing an across the board hike in all its fees. The increases are rather moderate, and their goal is simply to keep pace with [...]
News and Commentary Mercatus visiting fellow Kevin Erdmann argues that zoning restrictions and low property taxes are a toxic combination. Limiting the supply of housing confers windfall gains onto property owners, [...]
News and Commentary After a stint being homeless himself, Juan Carlos Montes de Oca learned cosmetology and began offering haircuts to homeless people who might otherwise go unkempt. All that [...]
News and Commentary In Denver, a neighborhood group is attempting to preserve an eccentrically designed local restaurant. In doing so, they would prevent the owner from selling the establishment and [...]