Unintended Consequences
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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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Playing Chicken with the Federal Budget: The Rational Stupidity of Shutdowns
Government shutdowns might look irrational, but they follow a familiar script. When political types gain more from the standoff than the solution, collisions become routine.
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A Government Shutdown Is Less Scary Than Dysfunction-As-Usual
Shutdowns get the spotlight, but the greater failure is Congress’s reliance on stopgap spending bills that cripple planning and invite waste.
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The Pandemic That Broke Our Faith in Modeling
David Zweig’s reporting exposes how untested models and assumptions hardened into dogma, with reality a distant afterthought.
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Universal Childcare: Real Problem, Wrong Solution
New Mexico’s universal childcare experiment will likely worsen shortages and raise costs. Families will pay – if they can get care at all.
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Rent Control Will Make the Housing Crisis Worse
The frequently proposed “solution” deepens the crisis by choking supply, deterring maintenance, and driving up prices for everyone else.
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Nigeria’s Shea Ban Backfires, Crushing Millions of Women Workers
The ban will no doubt be a windfall for some. But for millions of Nigerians, it could be devastating.
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Housing’s Deep Freeze: Existing Home Sales at 25-Year Lows
Buyers are sidelined by high prices, while owners cling to historically cheap loans and high equity. The freeze is reshaping labor markets and family formation.
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Tariffs Rest on Distrust of Citizens
Protectionism assumes Americans are foolish, squandering opportunities and mismanaging their finances. Free trade reflects confidence in our ability to adapt, compete, and prosper.
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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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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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Playing Chicken with the Federal Budget: The Rational Stupidity of Shutdowns
Government shutdowns might look irrational, but they follow a familiar script. When political types gain more from the standoff than the solution, collisions become routine.
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A Government Shutdown Is Less Scary Than Dysfunction-As-Usual
Shutdowns get the spotlight, but the greater failure is Congress’s reliance on stopgap spending bills that cripple planning and invite waste.
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The Pandemic That Broke Our Faith in Modeling
David Zweig’s reporting exposes how untested models and assumptions hardened into dogma, with reality a distant afterthought.
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Universal Childcare: Real Problem, Wrong Solution
New Mexico’s universal childcare experiment will likely worsen shortages and raise costs. Families will pay – if they can get care at all.
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Rent Control Will Make the Housing Crisis Worse
The frequently proposed “solution” deepens the crisis by choking supply, deterring maintenance, and driving up prices for everyone else.
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Nigeria’s Shea Ban Backfires, Crushing Millions of Women Workers
The ban will no doubt be a windfall for some. But for millions of Nigerians, it could be devastating.
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Housing’s Deep Freeze: Existing Home Sales at 25-Year Lows
Buyers are sidelined by high prices, while owners cling to historically cheap loans and high equity. The freeze is reshaping labor markets and family formation.
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•
Tariffs Rest on Distrust of Citizens
Protectionism assumes Americans are foolish, squandering opportunities and mismanaging their finances. Free trade reflects confidence in our ability to adapt, compete, and prosper.
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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.