Land Use
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The Housing Crisis Is a Supply Problem
Rising prices make us look for someone to blame, but the broken market has a simple cause: it’s illegal to build enough homes.
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California’s Water Crisis Isn’t a Drought—It’s Bad Policy
Decades of subsidies, mispricing, and politically protected water allocations have left households paying the highest costs while agriculture wastes the most.
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Are Institutions Buying Up Single-Family Homes?
Institutional investors own less than one percent of single-family homes, and their impact on prices is modest. New evidence suggests their presence may reduce rents.
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The Cities with the Fastest Declining Rent Have This in Common
Austin and Atlanta have pulled off something rare: rent declines. Their rapid construction and intentional growth offer a model for the rest of the country.
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States Are Reaffirming Property Rights at the Racetrack
First use establishes property rights, even if neighbors don’t agree. States are formalizing owners’ claims to protect them from “aesthetic interventionism.”
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America’s Next Industrial Geography: Wherever the Power Is Cheap
Data centers will power the next century, but the grid isn’t ready. The quest for capacity is reorganizing political alliances and showing up in rate hikes.
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COP-30 Misses the Point: Give Indigenous People Ownership, Not Handouts
Bureaucracies, conferences, and consultants do nothing for those most impacted by environmental degradation. Real progress in the Amazon starts with secure property rights, not paternalism.
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Let Neighborhoods Work: Bans on Home Businesses Are Out of Control
Building a business out of your garage is a quintessentially American origin story. In many places, it’s also against the law.
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Virtuous Cycles of Development: Why Institutions Matter More Than Aid
With “abundance” back in the policy lexicon, the real challenge is understanding what sustains growth: private enterprise, rule of law, and secure ownership.
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What Victorian London’s Oyster Crisis Can Teach Us about Environmental Regulation
Before defaulting to edicts and bans, we might first ask what is keeping private solutions from emerging.
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The Housing Crisis Is a Supply Problem
Rising prices make us look for someone to blame, but the broken market has a simple cause: it’s illegal to build enough homes.
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•
California’s Water Crisis Isn’t a Drought—It’s Bad Policy
Decades of subsidies, mispricing, and politically protected water allocations have left households paying the highest costs while agriculture wastes the most.
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•
Are Institutions Buying Up Single-Family Homes?
Institutional investors own less than one percent of single-family homes, and their impact on prices is modest. New evidence suggests their presence may reduce rents.
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•
The Cities with the Fastest Declining Rent Have This in Common
Austin and Atlanta have pulled off something rare: rent declines. Their rapid construction and intentional growth offer a model for the rest of the country.
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•
States Are Reaffirming Property Rights at the Racetrack
First use establishes property rights, even if neighbors don’t agree. States are formalizing owners’ claims to protect them from “aesthetic interventionism.”
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•
America’s Next Industrial Geography: Wherever the Power Is Cheap
Data centers will power the next century, but the grid isn’t ready. The quest for capacity is reorganizing political alliances and showing up in rate hikes.
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•
COP-30 Misses the Point: Give Indigenous People Ownership, Not Handouts
Bureaucracies, conferences, and consultants do nothing for those most impacted by environmental degradation. Real progress in the Amazon starts with secure property rights, not paternalism.
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•
Let Neighborhoods Work: Bans on Home Businesses Are Out of Control
Building a business out of your garage is a quintessentially American origin story. In many places, it’s also against the law.
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•
Virtuous Cycles of Development: Why Institutions Matter More Than Aid
With “abundance” back in the policy lexicon, the real challenge is understanding what sustains growth: private enterprise, rule of law, and secure ownership.
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•
What Victorian London’s Oyster Crisis Can Teach Us about Environmental Regulation
Before defaulting to edicts and bans, we might first ask what is keeping private solutions from emerging.