Zoning. Building codes. Permitting. Taxes. Fees. All of the above and more are imposed by federal, state and local governments whenever someone wants to build a house. These costs add a lot to the cost of a home. You have…
Zoning. Building codes. Permitting. Taxes. Fees. All of the above and more are imposed by federal, state and local governments whenever someone wants to build a house. These costs add a lot to the cost of a home. You have…
A patient with chest pain is not sitting in the back of an ambulance comparing hospital prices on her phone. Nor will most patients comparison-shop when an insurer or government program pays most of the bill. That is the…
Leading executives at ExxonMobil and Chevron sounded an alarm during a recent Bernstein conference: Global oil inventories are plunging to dangerously low levels, setting the stage for a potential price explosion that could…
Some U.S. states are complaining about the high cost of Medicaid work requirements, Politico reported on Sunday.The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued an interim final rule on Monday enacting a new…
Michael Strain ponders the president’s options for battling inflation. With prices rising faster than wages, workers are losing ground in the US. The consumer price index for April, released this week, shows an increase of…
John Hinderaker of the Powerline blog documents the latest revival of a bad idea in the world of public policy. Price controls are in the Hall of Fame of bad ideas. They have an unbroken record of failure, stretching back…
Mrs. Hochul had been warning that the state’s green energy regime, a product of the Climate Leadership Climate Protection Act, needs changes to spare New Yorkers from a self-inflicted surge in energy costs. Unfortunately,…
Everyone will pay Socialism is the song of upcoming summer in Wisconsin as a self-proclaimed Democratic Socialist leads the race for the Democratic Party gubernatorial nomination and the rest of the pack sings backup. The…
Even as U.S. gasoline prices rise again amid ongoing Strait of Hormuz tensions, American drivers are still paying less than half what many Europeans and Asians endure at the pump. The reason is simple: America chose lower…
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