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The Adverse Effects of Zoning Restrictions: Evidence from Boston
Jeffrey Miron Many cities have recently repealed or amended zoning laws that previously served to drive up housing prices. One...
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Get Aligned or Get Left Behind at the Pentagon
Tad DeHaven (Getty Images) Companies looking to do business with the Pentagon under President Trump are receiving some remarkably blunt...
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Four Years Later, the Data Confirm That Puerto Rico Was Overpaying for Energy
Colin Grabow (Getty Images) Almost exactly four years ago, amid an energy crunch triggered by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, my...
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Mamdani’s Grocery Plan Is Mainly Just More Subsidies
Ryan Bourne and Nathan Miller (Getty Images) New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has just released details of how he...
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The Drug War’s Waterbed Effect: Crackdowns Shift Trafficking, Not Supply
Jeffrey Miron (Getty Images) A key rationale for drug prohibition is the belief that outlawing drugs makes them less available...
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Botched Administration of July 28 Bar Exam Shows Why Government Officials Should Never Be Above the Law
Mike Fox (Getty Images) The bar exam is intended to be a test of minimum competency. Yet those who administer...
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Transportation Institute’s Rebuttal Doesn’t Rescue Its Original Claim
Colin Grabow (Getty Images) Yesterday, I published a critique of the Transportation Institute’s claim that foreign ships operating under the...
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Jones Act Advocates Claim Foreign Ships Pose a Safety Risk—Data Suggest Otherwise
Colin Grabow (Getty Images) As speculation swirls around the future of the Jones Act waiver and whether it will be...
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To Resolve the Smithsonian Controversy, End Government Support
Jeffrey Miron President Trump has issued an executive order that requires the Smithsonian Institution to post new “temporary exhibits or...
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Jones Act Waiver Unlocks New Trade Routes
Colin Grabow (Getty Images) Last weekend, the tanker Paula Glory dropped anchor off Honolulu, having departed New Orleans four weeks...
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