The US Apartment Shortage is Zoning Working as Intended

by Christopher Calton

The apartment shortage, in other words, represents zoning policies operating exactly as intended. If we truly want to address the housing shortage, it is past time to abolish zoning in its entirety.

Why Subsidizing Energy Efficiency Is a Bad Idea

by Kenneth W. Costello

Is it equitable and good public policy to compel utility customers and taxpayers to pay for EE initiatives? Short answer: no.

Misinformation Watchdog or Taxpayer-Funded Censor?

The Government's Role in NewsGuard’s Operations Raises Constitutional Questions

by Phillip W. Magness

While NewsGuard claims that it is only policing known and verified “misinformation” from other sources, the company’s track record suggests that it contributes to spreading online misinformation of its own at taxpayer expense.

COVID-19 Vaccines and the Ratchet Effect: Lessons from Crisis and Leviathan

by Raymond J. March

Unfortunately, as we have learned over the past four years, the government’s answers to difficult problems are universally political and scarcely scientific. This is even the case for vaccines.

U.S. Government Starts 2025 Fiscal Year Deep in the Red

by Craig Eyermann

The U.S. Treasury Department reported that the federal government spent $257 billion more than it took in as revenue in October 2024. That is the second-worst figure ever recorded for the first month of the fiscal year.

Why The World Buys Chinese And Other Foreign Cars

While other countries buy smaller and cheaper vehicles, Americans are locked out.

by Scott Beyer

If U.S. automakers can’t compete on cost, protectionism will only delay the inevitable.

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