This Week in Land-Use Regulation, June 13th
News and Commentary Presidential Candidate Cory Booker came out with a revised housing plan. Included in his plan is a renter tax credit, a "baby bond" to help new families [...]
This Week in Occupational Licensing, June 12th
News and Commentary The New Jersey Senate health committee just approved a bill that would allow advanced practice nurses to prescribe medication without supervision from a physician. Physician groups are [...]
This Week in Financial Regulation, June 11th
News and Commentary Niskanen's very own Samuel Hammond critiques the report from Senator Marco Rubio on perils of financialization in the U.S. economy. While Hammond agrees that large companies functioning [...]
This Week in Intellectual Property, June 10th
News and Commentary The first two of three hearings on the Tillis/Coons Section 101 reform were held last week. You can see the first hearing here, and the second here. [...]
This Week in Land-Use Regulation, June 6th
News and Commentary Jacqueline Rabe Thomas of the Connecticut Mirror writes about the stark divide between the rich and poor (which correlates strongly with white and non-white), in southwest Connecticut, one [...]
This Week in Occupational Licensing, June 5th
News and Commentary The U.S. Marine Corps is following the lead set by the Air Force and Army by offering the spouses of active-duty military up to $500 in reimbursement [...]
This Week in Financial Regulation, June 4th
News and Commentary Lyndsey Jefferson of Chatham House interviewed Matthew Oxenford on the dangers of financialization. We've gone past the tipping point where an increase in the size of the [...]
This Week in Intellectual Property, June 3rd
News and Commentary Defendants in a copyright suit brought against countless sites, ranging from Breitbart to Vox to Time, over whether or not they can post a picture uploaded by [...]
This Week in Land-Use Regulation, May 31st
News and Commentary California SB 330, introduced by Nancy Skinner, passed the senate and heads to the assembly. The bill makes the bold SB 50 look timid--it would freeze most [...]
This Week in Occupational Licensing, May 30th
News and Commentary Elise Amez-Droz and Andrea O'Sullivan outline some of the best supply side reforms to increase access and bring down healthcare costs. Among their proposed reforms are increased [...]