Why did 15 million Americans move in 2025? Here are just a few reasons.
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ECONOMICS
Housing costs
Coastal states have some of the highest median home prices and rents in the nation driven by high demand and restrictive zoning...
Stove wars
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House Republicans with support of their constituencies—many builders and apartment operators—have introduced legislation aimed at rolling back green mandates enacted under previous administrations....
Is housing an emergency?
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The president “may declare a national housing emergency” this fall U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told the Washington Examiner Sept. 1.
The administration is...
The problem with overreach
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3,000-4,500
number of new rules published each year
$100 million
added cost to the economy of new regs annually (avg.)
$1 trillion
economic cost of federal regs added...
What just happened?
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AI-powered answer engines are quickly supplanting search engines, upending a paradigm that has defined how billions of people accessed information for decades. Traditional...
Can renters shrink the household wealth gap?
Renters are one-third of households but have only 5 percent of total U.S. household wealth.
Can this diverse segment achieve upward mobility without homeownership?
Growing the...
The intersection of student loans and resident solvency
Higher education generally supports a more productive workforce and higher wages. However, as U.S. student debt has disproportionately ballooned and college curriculum has veered toward...
The jobs that pay the rent
Trump’s promise to “bring back Main Street” is certain to impact the dynamic of U.S. jobs. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent outlined the plan: shrink...
Missing the forest for the trees
Decades of mismanagement of federal and state forests have contributed to catastrophic wildfires, ecosystem degradation and economic loss. Millions of acres of America’s forests...
The true line on U.S. lumber tariffs
Canadian lumber trade with the U.S. has been contentious for decades. Canada’s subsidies distort the lumber market shuttering U.S. mills, and causing a cascade...
Run like an apartment developer
Tariffs and trade-offs
Critics warn that tariffs will lead to inflation. However, a Congressional Budget Office (CBO) analysis found that tariffs would also slash deficits...
Inflation is the most destructive disease known to modern societies —Milton Friedman
Here’s how.
1 Shoe leather
The resources and energy people use to convert deteriorating currency into stable assets are costly. Economists call this shoe leather costs,...
Paying the fox to watch the chickens: The war on private housing
Despite the rise in homelessness, the federal government continues to raise the barrier to creating shelter for those without permanent housing. Infusing bad actors...
Bad loans will cost taxpayers $65.2B in 2025
GAAP stands for “generally accepted accounting principles,” and are a set of rules/standards for preparing and reporting financial statements in the U.S. (unless you’re...
America’s spending problem
This will slim you down six ways from Sunday.
The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other peoples’ money. —Margaret Thatcher
$2.4...