News and Commentary At the American Action Forum, Thomas Wade analyzes the FHFA's decision to end policies limiting government-sponsored enterprises from buying risky mortgages. "In what is primarily a problem [...]
News and Commentary In Full Stack Economics, Timothy Lee summarizes recent papers finding desirable cascading effects of new luxury housing: "Often, the person who rents the new apartment is moving [...]
News & Commentary In the Newnan-Times Herald, Marc Hyden discusses occupational licensing in Georgia: "Rather than creating and maintaining illogical impediments to work, policymakers would be wise to re-examine occupational [...]
News and Commentary In an article in The Washington Post, Rachel Siegel covers the state of play in Biden's pick for the Federal Reserves Vice Chair for Supervision, alternatively known [...]
Rent Check Happy Constitution Day! Last year I wrote a piece discussing the relationship between the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and intellectual property rights. In summary, while intellectual property [...]
News and Commentary In an article from the Regulatory Review, Alana Sheppard summarizes a recent report from the Brookings Institution arguing that housing affordability problems have resulted from zoning restrictions. [...]
News and Commentary Good news from the Tar Heel State: Judge Thomas Schroeder of the Middle District of North Carolina has declined a motion to dismiss a claim under the [...]
News and Commentary In a press release, the government of Pennsylvania announced the release of its occupational licensing “snapshots,” which will “providing simple descriptions of professional licensing requirements” In a [...]
News and Commentary In an episode of the Macro Musings podcast, host David Beckworth discusses the growth of the Federal Reserve with Bill Nelson, Chief Economist at the Bank Policy [...]
In a piece for Greater Greater Washington, Libby Solomon discusses a new report on the DC Flexible Rent Subsidy Program. According to Solomon, the report suggests that “it’s too soon [...]