This Week in Land-Use Regulation, April 26th
Rent Check The Democratic Presidential primaries are bringing a previously ignored issue front and center: the needs of renters. The rise of a coalition of renters advocating for policies that [...]
This Week in Financial Regulation, April 25th
Rent Check Do we already have adequate countercyclical capital policy in place? Contrary to a recent Bank Policy Institute article, current capital requirements like the capital conservation buffer (CCB) don't [...]
Misunderstanding Moral Hazard
Strategies to deal with the risk caused by moral hazard in the financial sector have been at the center of regulatory reform since the 2008 financial crisis. But some maintain [...]
This Week in Intellectual Property, April 23rd
Rent Check The causes of the decline in business dynamism, as measured by firm entry, wages, etc., are numerous, but a new NBER paper finds that the decline in knowledge [...]
This Week in Occupational Licensing, April 18th
Rent Check After a lengthy discussion on Twitter, here is our response to the criticisms made by various MDs and MD advocacy groups in opposition to Pennsylvania's SB 25. News [...]
This Week in Land-Use Regulation, April 19th
Rent Check Christian Britschgi in Reason on how a selectively enforced Nashville ordinance prevents home studios from participating in the city's $5 billion music industry. News and Commentary AEI has a [...]
This Week in Financial Regulation, April 17th
Rent Check While Jamie Dimon is right that a free market system should be preferred, he is misguided in his claim that capital requirements interfere with that system. Instead, they [...]
This Week in Intellectual Property, April 16th
Rent Check Elizabeth Warren has proposed a national right to repair law for farm equipment. The New York Times editorial board argues this should be expanded to cover all third-party [...]
Protecting the Right to Repair Your iPhone
While many on the left, most notably Elizabeth Warren, are pushing for a revival of antitrust, here’s one specific policy that could rein in tech giants and has momentum for [...]
This Week in Occupational Licensing, April 12th
News and Commentary Howard Weiss-Tisman analyses a new report on the effects of Vermont joining an interstate nursing compact. While it could help the nursing shortage, the report argues that, [...]