Category Economic History and Development

The Decline in American Universities, 2011-2024

Like historic Rome, American universities haven’t fallen or declined in a day—or perhaps a yr. However nearly as good of a date as any to measure the start of the decline is 2011. Enrollments began falling that yr and since…

Inclusionary Zoning Would Undermine Sacramento’s Current Housing Reforms

Sacramento not too long ago took a serious step towards fixing its housing disaster by adopting the “Lacking Center Housing Plan,” which can permit flats to be inbuilt single-family neighborhoods. In urban-planning lingo, that is “upzoning,” which raises the density…

In Los Angeles, “Squatters Have Rights, Too”

The chance that Beverly Hills voters will assist incumbent George Gascón for Los Angeles County district lawyer in subsequent month’s major virtually definitely has declined since final October. Squatters have been illegally occupying a $4.6 million Beverly Hills mansion, incomes…

Chicago, San Francisco Ought to Minimize Actual Property Switch Taxes

In March, Chicago voters will determine whether or not to extend town’s actual property title switch tax, a part of a referendum pushed by Mayor Brandon Johnson. However Chicago ought to contemplate the expertise of San Francisco, now working to…

Sports activities Insanity Reveals Itself Once more Very Quickly

We’re approaching the start of the 2 most vital months in athletics in a sports-crazed nation. Between now, approaching February 11’s Tremendous Bowl—the place even hypothesis concerning the look of one of many participant’s girlfriend is producing enormous consideration—in Las…

Coats, Pencils, and Division of Data

Early in The Wealth of Nations, Adam Smith introduced up a woolen coat of the sort the typical workman of eighteenth-century Scotland would possibly discover acquainted. The coat was, Smith argued, a surprise of cooperation and an instance of the…

The Newest Plan to Exacerbate California’s Housing Disaster

In opposition to the backdrop of a nationwide scarcity of reasonably priced housing, due largely to authorities insurance policies, California lawmakers wish to prohibit company funding in single-family rental properties. This might make the Golden State’s housing affordability disaster worse.…