Regulation
Government regulations typically restrict people’s behaviors and choices– causing economic damage, especially to society’s vulnerable who can least afford to comply. Locke works to deregulate and support innovation and growth.
Another Trump Judicial Candidate Gets the Kavanaugh Treatment
There was a time when the American Bar Association (ABA) was respected as a non-partisan, non-political professional organization dedicated to good governance and the rule of law. That was the…
New Carolina Journal Online features
Lindsay Marchello reports for Carolina Journal Online on constitutional questions surrounding North Carolina’s long-running Leandro school funding dispute. Jordan Roberts’ Daily Journal explains how congressional Democrats are trying to take…
More Journalistic Malfeasance by the New York Times
In a recent twitter thread, Bjorn Lomborg exposes many deliberate distortions in a NYT report on sea level rise due to climate change: It’s a detailed expose, so read the…
Washington Examiner column pans certificates of need
Spence Cadavero writes for the Washington Examiner about the negative impact of certificate-of-need restrictions. While healthcare costs are rising, many look to government intervention as a viable solution. They forget…
Lights out for California
Rich Lowry of National Review Online highlights California’s pitiful response to recent wildfires. California is staying true to its reputation as the land of innovation — it is making blackouts,…
“Be Cautious with the Precautionary Principle”
That’s the title of a new paper by Matthew J. Neidell, Shinsuke Uchida, and Marcella Veronesi that was published by National Bureau of Economic Research this month. Here’s the abstract: This paper…
Charlotte 6th easiest city to do business in North America
A new report examines how easy it is to do business in cities around North America. The start a business, register a property, get electricity, find and keep employees, pay…
California wants to put freelancers out of work
Bonnie Kristian writes for The Week about the unintended negative consequences of a new California law. If I lived in California, I’d be staring down unemployment. A new law governing…
When It Comes to Vaping Hysteria, One Picture Says It All
H/T: Gregory Conley
It’s Economics! Restricting the Supply of Housing Increases the Prices
This week, JLF’s Jon Sanders published a research brief on restrictive housing regulations and their relationship with housing shortages in parts of the country. Sanders writes: Outdated zoning, rent controls,…
Restrictive Regulations Stand in the Way of More Housing Solutions
Outdated zoning, rent controls, and other regulations are preventing people in high-demand urban settings from providing affordable housing arrangements, such as adding accessory dwelling units (ADUs) like granny flats and…
States are constrained by reality, unlike Washington
This blog, our research updates, and Carolina Journal’s Daily Journal columns all make clear that state policies are grounded in reality, including recent budgets. Yuval Levin of the American Enterprise…