In the debate surrounding controlled digital lending (CDL), where libraries can scan physical copies of books to be lent out on a one-to-one own-to-loan basis, one common refrain is that [...]
If you haven't done so already, be sure to sign up for the webinar hosted by Niskanen Center on copyright during the pandemic. It will feature Niskanen's Daniel Takash and [...]
News and Commentary Jenny Schuetz at Brookings describes the insights and limitations of the Census Bureau's Household Pulse Survey which gives a forward looking metric for roughly predicting future evictions. [...]
News and Commentary Senators Mike Lee and Dianne Feinstein are among those supporting the “Military Spouse Licensing Relief Act”, a bill easing professional transitions for relocated military spouses, reports Chris [...]
News and Commentary Vice President of Deutsche Bundesbank Claudia Buch describes the Financial Stability Board's evaluations of too-big-to-fail reforms in a VoxEU column, stating that systemically important banks are better [...]
Rent Check Penguin RandomHouse is doing quite well for itself despite the pandemic. Much of that success is based on sales from older titles rather than investing in (and taking [...]
One of the most popular justifications for occupational licensing is the existence of an information asymmetry between consumers and practitioners. As the information asymmetry (and the possibility of abuse) increases, [...]
In the past, I’ve written about how above-market returns enabled by abusing the patent system can discourage investment (and thus patenting) in contraceptives. In this case, above-market returns gained through [...]
When people think “regulatory capture” they normally think of some interest group pushing for legislation or regulations that benefit them at the expense of either the public or a rival. [...]
News and Commentary Joe Cortright summarizes Athey et al's paper Experienced Segregation, writing that cell phone data allows a look at segregation at different times of day, types of locations, [...]