Nothing Costs Like Crime
Wrongdoing isn’t cheap—and until it’s brought under control, affordability is just a word.
Rafael A. Mangual
Electric Shock
Soaring energy prices are the result of misguided government policy—time for a course correction.
Ken Girardin
Why Is Health Care Getting More Costly?
It’s not surging profits but expensive new medical services and increased usage.
Chris Pope
Stop Pushing College for All
Making higher education less expensive includes expanding alternatives to it.
Neetu Arnold
Sales-Tax Escalator
The one tax that has never provoked a significant revolt keeps climbing higher.
Judge Glock
Who Can Solve Our Housing Crisis?
State and local restrictions helped cause the shortage; rolling them back will help solve it.
Eric Kober
New York’s Regulatory Thicket
Unless Mayor Mamdani applies market reforms, the city’s affordability crisis will only deepen.
Allison Schrager
A Simple Policy to Reduce Food Prices
Repealing the EPA’s biofuel boondoggle ought to be a no-brainer—but can reformers overcome the “liquid pork” regime?
James B. Meigs
The Progressive War on Cheap Eats
Zohran Mamdani’s regulatory agenda will make dining out and ordering in costlier than ever.
Jarrett Dieterle
Turning Proximity into Prosperity
Cities succeed when their leaders make the daily choices that sustain the urban bargain.
John Ketcham
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