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Fannie Mae Set to Scrap 620 Credit Score Minimum — Should You Care?
Social media has been discussing Fannie Mae’s announcement that the organization will no longer require a minimum credit score of…
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One Vote Away: The Balanced-Budget Amendment That Almost Passed
Thirty years ago, Congress failed by just one vote to send to the states a constitutional amendment requiring a balanced…
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Have Mount Laurel Obligations Made New Jersey Housing More Affordable? A Synthetic Control Analysis of Housing Supply and Cost
This paper investigates the effect of affordable housing obligations in New Jersey on cost of living, cost of housing, and…
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I Was a Victim of Cancel Culture. Don’t Perpetuate It.
Activists from the left have tried to “cancel” me multiple times. I lost an academic job opportunity despite the support…
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Can the President Assassinate Suspected Criminals?
“I don’t give a sh*t what you call it.” So wrote Vice President J.D. Vance in response to journalist Brian…
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Why Even Progressive Economists Are Finally Warming to Free Markets
Don’t look now, but free-market economics is coming back into vogue. For the last decade, mainstream economists of both the…
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Let Americans Buy Cars Online!
Before Amazon.com existed, you had to buy books — and any number of other things — at physical stores. If…
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Why Is Housing So Partisan in the Northeast?
In a recent blog post, Matt Yglesias chides northeastern Republicans for opposing pro-housing deregulation in state legislatures: Republicans have led…
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The Economic Tradeoffs of Property Tax Reform
How do property taxes work in the United States, and what are their economic consequences?
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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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