Rent control still the wrong solution to housing woes
Restricting the price of housing kills incentives to supply places to live. Rent control is having something of a moment: In Los Angeles, tenants are invoking a law that imposes limits on apartments built on...
Appliance payoff models explode
^58 percent increase in requested quotes to thousands of appliance repair businesses y/y (2022-2023) ^43 percent increase in appliance spend in 2023 compared to 2013—rising from $390 to $558 over the decade Why? 1987. Home appliances...
Monopolies, elections and power, oh my
Technology is engineered toward empowering individuals, not government. Therein lies the problem. From the Gutenberg press to automobiles to a networked world enabling people to work remotely, history’s greatest innovations—in some way great or small—liberate...
Lawyers take big government to the Supreme Court
“We all get to vote, but the ability to make legislation is no longer in the hands of the people we elect,” Columbia law professor Philip Hamburger said. As the administrative state implements more regulations...
7 student housing property management strategies
With its high turnover rate and steady demand, the student housing market remains a lucrative niche within the real estate industry. Student housing properties come in various on and off-campus forms, including dormitories, apartments, and...
Increasing numbers of Gen Z have no income
An increasing number of young adults ages 18-24 are not working and have no income, according to a recent study. The research by the St. Louis Federal Reserve’s Institute for Economic Equity, which this...
