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The three YIMBY bills: How Congress could mitigate housing underproduction

Each bill represents a positive step toward a consensus that market-rate housing should be more abundant and less expensive. | Continue reading

@niskanencenter.org | 1 year ago

To end mass incarceration, focus on crime reduction

Lawmakers should commit to policies that promote prevention, deterrence, and certain accountability. The result will be less crime, less punishment, and more justice. | Continue reading

@niskanencenter.org | 1 year ago

The Procedure Fetish

The lawyers need to get out of the way. | Continue reading

@niskanencenter.org | 2 years ago

State Capacity: What Is It, How We Lost It, and How to Get It Back

We see growing deficits in state capacity over recent decades as a matter of fundamental importance. At stake is not just the prospect for effective public policy in a wide variety of important domains; at this point, the legitimacy and continued vitality of liberal democracy are … | Continue reading

@niskanencenter.org | 2 years ago

Unmatched: Repairing the U.S. Medical Residency Pipeline

The U.S. medical residency pipeline is broken and in dire need of reform. | Continue reading

@niskanencenter.org | 2 years ago

Why Buy America Is Bad Law

Buy America was intended to support American industry, but has had the opposite effect. | Continue reading

@niskanencenter.org | 2 years ago

So You Want to Do an Infrastructure Package [pdf]

@niskanencenter.org | 3 years ago

Why is American infrastructure so expensive?

If infrastructure is truly on the agenda, we must not be afraid to draw lessons from how other countries maximize their bang for their buck. | Continue reading

@niskanencenter.org | 3 years ago

The Energy Transition: How Fast?

As financing dries up, supplies will decrease, prices increase, and the shift toward renewable and other energy sources will accelerate. While making that argument, I cited the work of Daniel Yergin, Vaclav Smil, and others who believe that the energy transition will be decidedly … | Continue reading

@niskanencenter.org | 3 years ago

Faster Growth, Fairer Growth: Policies for a High Road, High Performance Economy

Policies for a High Road, High Performance Economy | Continue reading

@niskanencenter.org | 3 years ago

Portrait of a Fuhrer – The Demagogic Personality

In the midst of World War II, the U.S. government commissioned a psychological profile of Adolf Hitler. The results may have something to teach us about destructive charismatic personalities today. | Continue reading

@niskanencenter.org | 4 years ago