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2 years

When Residential Real Estate Turned Commercial: Working from Home

Everyone knows that lots of people have ended up working from home, either part-time or full-time, since the start of the pandemic.

2 years

The United States Infrastructure Plan May Be Hugely Inflationary

What is the worst thing a government can do when there is high inflation and supply shortages? 

2 years

Dementia: A Public Policy Challenge

As the US population ages, the number of people with dementia keeps rising. It’s a problem from hell and a huge social challenge.

2 years

The Cellar-Dwelling Performance of US Ports

A vivid illustration of America’s supply chain woes are the photographs of container ships lined up outside the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, waiting to unload.

2 years

Biden Appointments: Is Lack of Personnel A Policy?

One of the complaints fairly levelled against President Donald Trump was that, in a pure numerical sense and setting policy disagreements aside, his administration did a poor job of appointments.

3 years

How Spending on Food Changed in the Pandemic

Spending on food is divided into two main categories in the government statistics: “food at home” and “food away from home.” Unsurprisingly, the pandemic caused “food at home” to rise and “food away from home” to fall.

3 years

Distributional Effects of Tax Expenditures

The idea of a “tax expenditure” dates back to Stanley Surrey, who was Assistant Secretary of the US Treasury for Tax Policy back in the 1960s.

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