jason sorens
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This Medicaid Fix Saves More Than Adding Work Requirements
Republicans in Congress are moving along with their “big, beautiful bill” to extend tax cuts, create some new tax provisions,…
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‘Local Control,’ Fake and Real
A debate is raging over housing policy. Many state lawmakers have proposed overriding local growth controls — land-use regulations on…
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Can Some Deportations Promote Open Immigration and Protect Free Speech?
The Mahmoud Khalil case has prompted much commentary on the following question: should the US government deport noncitizen terrorist sympathizers?…
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New State-Level GDP and Personal Income Figures Show Where Activity Is Picking Up — And Falling Back
On Friday, the Bureau of Economic Analysis released preliminary figures for GDP and personal income by state for last year.…
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Want Starter Homes? Cut Minimum Lot Sizes
One of the big problems in the American housing market today is the dearth of “starter” homes. These are smaller,…
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Cuts to Indirect Federal Grants Could Change Research for the Better
On February 7, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced that it will be reducing its negotiated proportion of grant…
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Donald Shoup’s Crusade to Reimagine Urban Parking
“Free” parking has a huge cost. That’s the message that UCLA planning professor Donald Shoup, who died last week, took…
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Can a State Just Opt Out of Federal Social Security?
The federal old-age programs, Social Security and Medicare, are going bust. The latest trustees reports show the Social Security trust…
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Why College Tuition Prices Are Suddenly in Decline
High school seniors are in the thick of college application and visitation season. It’s not quite what it used to…
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Wealth Inequality Is a Result of Prosperity
"Wealth inequality does seem to be growing, but wealth is growing for the bottom 50 percent too, not just the…
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