David J. Theroux | Tuesday February 23, 2021 at 3:30 PM PST
After failing at numerous radio jobs in the 1970s, in which he tried out various styles, including his first broadcast gig at KUDL in Kansas City, the famed talk-radio giant Rush H. Limbaugh III (1951–2021) began his real radio-broadcast career when he hosted a daytime talk show that innovatively mixed conservative politics and humorous...
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Craig Eyermann | Thursday March 5, 2020 at 9:52 PM PST
California has more homeless people than any other state, with large homeless tent camps occupying the sidewalks of many of its streets. California also has the second most expensive housing of all states, lagging only behind Hawaii. Writing at the Washington Examiner, Timothy P. Carney wonders to what extent the state government’s regulatory environment...
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Lawrence J. McQuillan | Monday February 10, 2020 at 4:04 PM PST
A Proposed California Constitutional Amendment to Resolve the Housing Affordability Crisis The People of the State of California hereby find and declare the following: (a) Whereas, Californians are suffering from an unprecedented housing affordability crisis caused by state and local government regulations, fees, mandates, and prohibitions that have overly restricted housing supplies and increased...
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Adam Summers | Wednesday October 9, 2019 at 5:11 PM PDT
To begin to truly solve the underlying problem, lawmakers and regulatory policymakers must recognize how government intervention has made things worse.
Adam Summers | Wednesday September 18, 2019 at 10:07 AM PDT
Improving housing affordability will significantly reduce homelessness, but it will not in itself solve the problem.
Craig Eyermann | Monday August 5, 2019 at 10:52 AM PDT
California’s housing shortage is a political choice, just as are many of its other problems.
Benjamin David Robson | Wednesday September 6, 2017 at 2:23 PM PDT
When I studied in London last year as part of my university’s exchange program, I experienced first-hand the inefficiencies of monopolies propped up by central authorities. The “central authority” I speak of is not, perhaps, what you are thinking of: the UK government, or worse, the ‘notorious’ European Union. Rather, I use the term...
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Abigail R. Hall Blanco | Wednesday August 19, 2015 at 5:12 AM PDT
Imagine for a moment you decide to rent out a room in your home to another person. There are two parties in the contract—the landlord (you) and the tenant. You both agree to the lease and sign the contract. Things are going fine, but then, your tenant stops paying their rent. The solution to...
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Randall G. Holcombe | Wednesday August 25, 2010 at 10:55 AM PDT
Five years ago, as the housing bubble was ramping up, affordable housing was a big issue. Today, as housing prices have fallen after the bubble burst, I may be one of the few people who thinks housing prices are still too high. [Also see the recent book, Housing America: Building Out of a Crisis.]...
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Art Carden | Saturday June 5, 2010 at 9:26 AM PDT
I recently read the revised edition of Thomas Sowell’s excellent The Housing Boom and Bust. One of the most striking things about the role of housing in the financial crisis is the resonance of the “villains, victims, and valiant government” narrative that goes as follows: greedy bankers exploited everyone while the regulators were asleep...
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