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James Ceaser is the Harry F. Byrd Professor of Politics at the University of Virginia, director of the Program for Constitutionalism and Democracy, and was a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution. He is the author of several books on American politics and American political thought, including...
Distinguished University of Chicago Professor Richard Epstein to Address the Mortgage Crisis at Pepperdine School of Law
Richard Epstein, the James Parker Hall distinguished Service Professor at the University of Chicago School of Law will speak on government's current efforts to assist homeowners and consumers from 12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m., Friday, March 28 at Pepperdine University's School of Law...
California Traffic Is A Symptom Of Housing Unaffordability
Two weeks ago I explored how California's housing unaffordability crisis is impacting the Golden State's business climate.
Duffie And Stein On Libor
Darrell Duffie and Jeremy Stein have a nice paper, "Reforming LIBOR and Other Financial-Market Benchmarks" I learned some important lessons from the paper and discussion.
Author On British Inheritance Misses Two Important Points
In a recent article titled “Is property inheritance widening the wealth gap?” author James Gordon points out that people in Britain who own houses will often leave them to their adult children and, thus, adult children of Brits with no houses will see a large gap between their wealth and those of their housing-endowed peers.
Town Square
News from the Citizenship Movement
A Teacher of Character
James Q. Wilson was a modest man of outsize achievements—a professor and a lifelong student of human nature. By Harvey C. Mansfield.
Tom Wolfe's Miami
The Life and Death of American Cities
Stephen Moore examines the proposition that immigrants impose burdens on the cities where they live, acting as an economic drag. The facts, he finds, suggest otherwise.
Free the Captives
How “captive regulators,” tamed by mortgage behemoths, added to the pain of the economic downturn. By Gary S. Becker.
Only In California: Housing Deregulation Increases Housing Regulations
This would be a head-scratcher anywhere but in California. Two years ago, state lawmakers passed legislation to expedite housing approval by exempting some projects from environmental lawsuits and zoning appeals. This legislation can cut the approval process by a decade or more and reduce costs enormously. So why is hardly anyone using it?
School for $6 a Month
When governments abroad fail to offer decent schools, entrepreneurs rush in. By Chester E. Finn Jr.
Smaller Is Better
The evidence is coming in: Smaller schools produce results. By Hoover fellow Hanna Skandera and Hoover senior associate director Richard Sousa.
The Piketty Fallacy
SLASHING THROUGH THE REGULATION THICKET
Steve Hayward on cities that are slashing through the regulation thicket Merrill Matthews Jr. on bringing freedom of choice to public housing The State of the States
Who Shapes the City?
Liam Julian on Wrestling With Moses by Anthony Flint
The Politics of Envy
Redistribution schemes can’t reduce income inequality. What can? Education, stable families, and work. By Jeffrey M. Jones and Daniel Heil.
Liberalism’s Mean Streets
How conservatives can reverse urban decline
Absence of Judgment
What social workers really think about the poor
Saving Souls—and Cities
How much worse would our inner cities be today were it not for black churches? Much worse. By John J. DiIulio Jr., director of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives.
The Beat Generation
Community policing at its best.
SIDEBAR: San Diego's Trailblazing Example.
SIDEBAR: New York City's Subway.