This Week in Land Use Regulation, May 7th
News and Commentary Christian Britschgi writes in Reason about a new bill introduced by Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota. The bill would cancel all rent and mortgage payments until a [...]
This Week in Financial Regulation, May 5th
News and Commentary Diego Zuluaga writes at Cato Institute about recent trends in America’s housing finance system. He notes that expected costs for mortgage servicers can differ widely depending on [...]
This Week in Intellectual Property, May 5th
Rent Check Brett Stephens has written a glowing profile of Gilead in which he critiques big Pharma's critics, but these uncritical defenses ignore the very real criticisms against the pharmaceutical [...]
Bret Stephens’ Pharmapologetics
In his New York Times column, Bret Stephens wrote about the promise of the antiviral drug remdesivir as a treatment for COVID-19. The column mostly focuses the efforts of scientists [...]
This Week in Occupational Licensing, April 8th
News and Commentary A wave of regulations are being cut back during the ongoing Covid-19 crisis. The state of Illinois is now allowing out-of-state medical professionals to provide care and [...]
This Week in Land Use Regulation, April 9th
News and Commentary A hotel in Portland, Oregon sold by one private company to another in December is receiving renewed controversy as the city's Metro authority lays off workers. A [...]
This Week in Financial Regulation, April 7th
News and Commentary President Neel Kashkari of the Minneapolis Fed published an article on the CARES Act and how relief bills should be structured in the light of the 2008 [...]
This Week in Intellectual Property, April 7th
Rent Check Richard Epstein's models on the spread of COVID-19 have been proven wrong, but his reluctance to abandon the assumptions that inform his model is similar to problems in [...]
This Week in Land Use Regulation, April 2nd
News and Commentary Jeff Wood writes in Greater Greater Washington about density in light of the Covid-19 epidemic. He provides many helpful links on how the virus is affecting urban [...]
Assumptions Separate Theory from Ideology
For those who have not read Isaac Chotiner’s interview of Richard Epstein on the latter’s “Coronavirus Perspective” (originally titled “Coronavirus isn’t a Pandemic”), please do. Epstein’s article (after correcting an [...]