John Cochrane examines the government’s role in housing, from restricting development to subsidizing low-income options to giving preferential treatment to homeowners. The good news? Some of the more extreme distortions are generating a backlash that may lead to more affordable housing in the not-too-distant future.
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The headline from the recently released 2026 Medicare Trustees Report was that the Medicare Health Insurance (HI) Trust Fund would exhaust its reserves in 2033—1 year before the Social Security trust funds were also projected to meet the same fate.
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He was disliked, overlooked, indispensable—and right about economic security.
August 20, 2026
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Oxford, Cambridge and Manchester are seen as innovation powerhouses but there’s a city we don’t mention
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