Blame Liberal Overregulation and Tariffs, More Than Real Estate Investors, for Surging Housing Costs
The supply of new homes is constrained by ‘not in my backyard’ zoning laws and affordable housing bans.
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STEPHEN MOORE
Washington, D.C.
Stephen Moore is a Columnist of the Creators Syndicate.
Mr. Moore is an economics journalist, author, and columnist. He is a cofounder of Unleash Prosperity and a former senior economic adviser to President Trump. His new book, coauthored with Arthur Laffer, is ‘The Trump Economic Miracle.’
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Time To End the Delusion That Colleges Deserve the Tax Advantages of Nonprofit Institutions
To treat them as the equivalent of homeless shelters, food banks, and the Salvation Army is a fantasy.
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Trump Repeals More Than 100 Biden-Era Regulations, but Progress Awaits on $50 Billion Backdoor Business Tax Hike
President Trump establishes himself as the ‘deregulation president,’ yet there’s more to be done.
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Trump Again Defies Economic Prophets of Doom as GDP Growth Surges Beyond Expectations
Some 90 percent of pundits underestimate the strength of the Trump economy, not as a result of random errors, but ‘hate Trump’ errors.
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Surging Economy at Odds With Consumer Gloom as Trump’s Policies Fuel Growth
This past year is one of the blockbusters in American economic history, with incomes rising almost twice as fast as inflation.
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Abysmal Reading and Math Scores Pose Greatest Threat to America’s Prosperity
Yet the education establishment would rather dumb down the curriculum so everyone passes.
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Trump, by Insisting Rule of Law Prevail at Buenos Aires, Can Help Accelerate Argentina’s Economic Comeback
The stakes are gigantic because the whole world is watching Javier Milei’s embrace of free-market ‘shock capitalism.’
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Getting a Job Proves Best Advice for Young People Complaining About Crisis of ‘Affordability’
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Legislation Afoot To Curb the Toll on Economic Growth Exacted by Trial Lawyers
Trial lawyers often profit from others’ misery and misfortune, frequently through class action suits that make tens of millions of dollars for themselves but only a fraction of that for the injured parties.
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For Lower Prices, More ‘Affordability’, Red States Beckon
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Bill Gates, Recanting Left’s Climate Dogma, Gets Mugged by Reality
The solution to changing temperatures and weather patterns is technological progress.
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Boost to $10 Million in Bank Deposit Insurance Risks Repeat of 2008 Bailouts, Only Worse
Right now, accounts are insured up to $250,000, so most Americans don’t have to worry about the soundness of the bank where they store their hard-earned savings.
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