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Mortgage Giants Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Urged by Trump To Help as He Accuses Big Homebuilders of Sitting on '2 Million Empty Slots'

US President Donald Trump claims that big homebuilders are just like OPEC. Now, he wants mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to help restore the American Dream.

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Trump says the American Dream is on hold because ‘big homebuilders’ are ‘sitting on’ 2 million empty lots

It’s an unusual attack, since it resembles Ezra Klein’s “abundance” thesis, and one of Trump’s top deputies is a homebuilding heir.

Fortune

Manufacturing won’t save rural America—but one policy just might, says one of America’s most provocative economists

“We could do everything national conservatives hope to do for America’s non-college males, but through building, not factories,” economist Bryan Caplan told Fortune.

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Federal Officials Won't Admit the Real Reason for Ditching the TSA's Shoe Rule

The widely resented and ridiculed policy, which the U.S. was nearly alone in enforcing, never made much sense.

Reason

Netanyahu Nominates Trump for Peace Prize

Plus: TSA time wasters, in defense of tourist traps, Trump announces new tariffs, and more...

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Upcoming Event on "Solving the Nation's Housing Crisis"

Economist Bryan Caplan and I will speak at event sponsored by the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University.

Reason

Alex Nowrasteh and Bryan Caplan: The Case for More Immigration

Immigration experts Alex Nowrasteh and Bryan Caplan make the case for significantly more and easier immigration to the U.S.

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Deregulation Can Fix the Housing Crunch

Increasing the supply of housing requires looser rules and fewer bureaucratic delays.

Reason

Donald Trump vs. Kamala Harris: Two vastly different approaches to America’s housing crisis

Can either presidential candidate fix our country’s housing crisis?

Fortune

What Milton Friedman Got Wrong About Immigration and the Welfare State

He was wrong to think "You cannot simultaneously have a welfare state and free immigration."

Reason

Essay on "How Constitutional Litigation Can Help End Exclusionary Zoning"

A guest post on economist Bryan Caplan's Bet On It substack.

Reason

Bryan Caplan: How Regulation Makes Housing More Expensive

Moving is no longer a viable way to grow your wealth in the U.S., says the author of Build, Baby, Build.

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Compendium of Bryan Caplan's Guest-blogging Posts on His New Book "Build, Baby, Build: The Science and Ethics of Housing Regulation"

A listing of his four posts on different aspects of the book and the issues it raises.

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Setting Issue Priorities

How to prioritize public policy issues - and why it matters.

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Bryan Caplan, Guest-blogging About his New Book "Build, Baby, Build: The Science and Ethics of Housing Regulation"

The book makes the case for massively deregulating housing markets.

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Rent Free Q&A: Bryan Caplan on Build, Baby, Build

The George Mason University economist talks about his new housing comic book and how America could deregulate its way into an affordable urban utopia.

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What Differentiates the Political Left and Right?

Matt Yglesias and Bryan Caplan offer contrasting theories. But neither fully works.

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Upcoming Event on "Solving the Nation's Housing Shortage" [update]

Economist Bryan Caplan, former National Association of Home Builders Director Jerry Howard, and I will speak at event sponsored by the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University.

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Pros and Cons of Conformism—Rejoinder to Bryan Caplan

Two libertarian experts on public ignorance continue a debate about conformism.

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A Qualified Defense of Qualified Conformism

Some thoughts occasioned by economist Bryan Caplan's new book "You Will Not Stampede Me: Essays on Non-Conformism."

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Controversy Over an Important Article Finding Large Negative Effects of Zoning

Economist Brian Greaney may have found serious methodological errors in a much-cited 2019 article by Enrico Moretti and Chang-Tai Hsieh.

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Would Anarcho-Capitalism Be a Disaster?

Yaron Brook and Bryan Caplan debate the merits of anarcho-capitalism.

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Would Anarcho-Capitalism Be a Disaster? A Soho Forum Debate

Yaron Brook and Bryan Caplan debate the merits of anarcho-capitalism.

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In Virginia, No Degree Is No Problem

The state is the latest of several in recent months that have moved to eliminate college degree requirements for the vast majority of state government jobs.

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Bryan Caplan on NIMBYism and Economic Ignorance

Leading expert on political ignorance and housing comments on evidence indicating that ignorance, not self-interest, is at the root of most opposition to zoning reform.

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