Free Markets
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Why Water Prices Are Rising
America’s water crisis is a governance problem, not a scarcity problem.
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Are OPEC’s Days of Dominance Over? Why the Cartel Is Cracking
Once a dominant force in global energy markets, OPEC is facing growing fragmentation from within and intensifying competition from without.
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How the National Flood Insurance Program Raises Housing Costs
Reforming flood insurance will not solve the housing crisis, but it is one lever policymakers should examine.
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How Much US Farmland Do Chinese Investors Actually Own?
The economic and agricultural threat posed by Chinese-owned farmland is modest, but our fears may reflect broader anxieties about national power.
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The Bitter Lessons of Sugar Control in World War I
Herbert Hoover’s wartime sugar program generated shortages that led to expanding rationing systems and increasingly centralized control over the allocation of sugar.
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Why Libertarianism Keeps Splintering
Uneasy “fusion” coalitions periodically unite competing visions of liberty and political order. But a coalition of individualists was never likely to stay tidy.
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Mass Transit in the Sky: How Air Travel Went from Elite to Affordable
The golden age of airline service was also an era of restriction and high prices. From deregulation to the downfall of no-frills Spirit, competition exposes what travelers are truly willing to pay for.
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Protectionism Won’t Feed North America: Don’t Scrap the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement
Calls to weaken or abandon USMCA overlook how interconnected US, Canadian, and Mexican agriculture has become. Trade barriers hurt farmers and families in all three nations.
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Claims of Housing ‘Oversupply’ Are Misleading
A few cooling markets have sparked claims that housing reform is no longer necessary. Post-COVID adjustments shouldn’t distract us from the long-term problem.
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Regulators Broke the ‘Spirit’ of Competition — Passengers Paid the Price
Washington blocked the merger that might have saved Spirit Airlines—then stood by as it collapsed. The result: fewer flights, higher prices, and a textbook case of policy backfiring on the consumers it aimed to protect.
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Why Water Prices Are Rising
America’s water crisis is a governance problem, not a scarcity problem.
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Are OPEC’s Days of Dominance Over? Why the Cartel Is Cracking
Once a dominant force in global energy markets, OPEC is facing growing fragmentation from within and intensifying competition from without.
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How the National Flood Insurance Program Raises Housing Costs
Reforming flood insurance will not solve the housing crisis, but it is one lever policymakers should examine.
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How Much US Farmland Do Chinese Investors Actually Own?
The economic and agricultural threat posed by Chinese-owned farmland is modest, but our fears may reflect broader anxieties about national power.
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•
The Bitter Lessons of Sugar Control in World War I
Herbert Hoover’s wartime sugar program generated shortages that led to expanding rationing systems and increasingly centralized control over the allocation of sugar.
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Why Libertarianism Keeps Splintering
Uneasy “fusion” coalitions periodically unite competing visions of liberty and political order. But a coalition of individualists was never likely to stay tidy.
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Mass Transit in the Sky: How Air Travel Went from Elite to Affordable
The golden age of airline service was also an era of restriction and high prices. From deregulation to the downfall of no-frills Spirit, competition exposes what travelers are truly willing to pay for.
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Protectionism Won’t Feed North America: Don’t Scrap the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement
Calls to weaken or abandon USMCA overlook how interconnected US, Canadian, and Mexican agriculture has become. Trade barriers hurt farmers and families in all three nations.
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•
Claims of Housing ‘Oversupply’ Are Misleading
A few cooling markets have sparked claims that housing reform is no longer necessary. Post-COVID adjustments shouldn’t distract us from the long-term problem.
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•
Regulators Broke the ‘Spirit’ of Competition — Passengers Paid the Price
Washington blocked the merger that might have saved Spirit Airlines—then stood by as it collapsed. The result: fewer flights, higher prices, and a textbook case of policy backfiring on the consumers it aimed to protect.