Land Use
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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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Dodger Stadium’s Dark Secret and the Human Cost of Urban Renewal
Urban renewal was not a failure of execution — it was a failure of principle. Just ask Aurora Vargas.
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Commercial Mortgage Delinquencies Now Surpass 2008 Financial Crisis Peak
Office and multifamily mortgages are defaulting at an alarming rate, putting billions in loan value at risk.
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DC’s $4.4B RFK Stadium Boondoggle: A Gift to Interest Groups, a Burden on Taxpayers
The RFK stadium deal won’t generate a fraction of promised growth.
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NYC’s Economic Dysfunction Pushed Voters Too Far. Will They Now Choose Socialism?
Young New Yorkers demand government pay attention, but frustration with NYC’s bureaucracy is why many voters want to burn it down.
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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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Dodger Stadium’s Dark Secret and the Human Cost of Urban Renewal
Urban renewal was not a failure of execution — it was a failure of principle. Just ask Aurora Vargas.
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Commercial Mortgage Delinquencies Now Surpass 2008 Financial Crisis Peak
Office and multifamily mortgages are defaulting at an alarming rate, putting billions in loan value at risk.
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DC’s $4.4B RFK Stadium Boondoggle: A Gift to Interest Groups, a Burden on Taxpayers
The RFK stadium deal won’t generate a fraction of promised growth.
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NYC’s Economic Dysfunction Pushed Voters Too Far. Will They Now Choose Socialism?
Young New Yorkers demand government pay attention, but frustration with NYC’s bureaucracy is why many voters want to burn it down.