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

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Sales-Tax Escalator

The one tax that has never provoked a significant revolt keeps climbing higher.

Judge Glock

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Who Can Solve Our Housing Crisis?

State and local restrictions helped cause the shortage; rolling them back will help solve it.

Eric Kober

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New York’s Regulatory Thicket

Unless Mayor Mamdani applies market reforms, the city’s affordability crisis will only deepen.

Allison Schrager

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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

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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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