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(Video) Fed Doing Harm... to Savers
February 3, 2012, 5:57pmLast night on Freedom Watch I questioned Fed Chairman Bernanke's ability to be self reflective after he suggested to Congress that they take care to "do no harm." While that is great advise and all, right now the Fed is actually causing harm, primarily to savers with its never ending zero interest rate policy
New at Reason: The Revamped HAMP and Some Corrections for the Record
February 3, 2012, 4:35pmOver at Reason.com, I have a piece today commenting on the revamped HAMP (coming on the heals of "new" new changes to HARP) program announced by the White House last week.
Senate Approves Lawmakers Insider Trading Ban. Whatever.
February 3, 2012, 11:01amAfter a “60 Minutes” report brought to the attention of the American public that Congress was capitalizing on non-public information, lawmakers quickly collaborated with one another and proposed two bills banning insider trading by members of Congress and their staff. This bill reeks of desperation.
President’s “New” New Refi Plan Turns Out to Be Secret Stimulus
February 2, 2012, 2:38pmLast week on the blog we noted that the President sounded like he was proposing a secret stimulus in his State of the Union by talking about helping out the housing market and suggesting a new refinance program (or “new” new refi program since HARP 2.0 was just a few months ago). It looks like our fears were mostly justified.
San Francisco Chronicle: California running out of money again
February 1, 2012, 6:52pmWyatt Buchanan of the San Francisco Chronicle reports: "California will run out of cash by March 1 if the Legislature does not take immediate action, Controller John Chiang told budget leaders at the Capitol in a letter Tuesday."
Raising Taxes on the Rich, or Effective Public Policy?
February 1, 2012, 5:17pmOver the last few weeks and months, the progressive rhetoric supporting raising taxes on the wealthy has shifted. While the claim used to be that deficit reduction and economic growth could only happen in tandem with raising taxes now the claim is that raising taxes on upper-income earners is the fair thing to do.
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- The Decline in Deaths from Extreme Weather, 1900–2010
Aggregate mortality attributed to all extreme weather events globally has declined by 98% since the 1920s
Indur M. Goklany and Julian Morris
September 22, 2011 - Unmasking the Mortgage Interest Deduction
Who Benefits And By How Much?
Anthony Randazzo and Dean Stansel
July 28, 2011 - Privatizing the Housing Finance System
A Brief History of the Housing Bubble and Ways to Keep It From Happening Again
Anthony Randazzo
March 15, 2011 - Privatization, Outsourcing and Insourcing Trends in Federal Government
Federal Government Privatization Chapter of Annual Privatization Report 2010
Adam Summers, Anthony Randazzo and Leonard Gilroy
February 16, 2011 - Near-term Ideas for Mortgage Finance Reform (Working Paper)
How to protect taxpayers, end the GSE bailout, reduce government’s footprint in housing, and return private capital to the mortgage market
Anthony Randazzo
February 10, 2011 - Ten Arguments Against a Government Guarantee for Housing Finance
Why there should not be a government role—explicit or implicit—in guaranteeing housing finance
Anthony Randazzo
February 4, 2011 - The Hayek Rule
A new monetary policy framework for the 21st century
Marius Gustavson and Anthony Randazzo
November 9, 2010 - Rethinking Homeownership: A Framework for 21st Century Housing Finance Reform
Dissolving Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
Anthony Randazzo
October 26, 2010 - Letter to Treasury Regarding Housing Finance Reform
A Framework for Reforming Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and the Housing Finance System
Anthony Randazzo
July 21, 2010 - Improving the Economies and Business Climates In Struggling Cities
Examining how taxes, red tape, eminent domain and occupational licensing prevent economic growth
Policy Brief 92
Anthony Randazzo
March 17, 2010 - What Caused the Meltdown:
A Financial Crisis FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions About the Housing Bubble, Wall Street Crisis, and Recession
Anthony Randazzo and Carson Young
January 25, 2010 - Fixing the Regulation of Wall Street
A review of the Obama administration's proposal for reforming financial services regulation and recommendations to end the era of too big to fail
Policy Study 377
Anthony Randazzo
September 14, 2009 - The Future of Too Big to Fail and Bailouts
A comparison of the two plans to overhaul financial services regulation in the 21st Century
Policy Brief 81
Anthony Randazzo
August 17, 2009 - Taxpayer's Guide to the Stimulus
Where is all that stimulus money going?
Anthony Randazzo
June 17, 2009 - Avoiding an American Lost Decade
Lessons from Japan's Bubble and Recession
Anthony Randazzo, Michael Flynn and Adam Summers
February 20, 2009 - Are We Paving Paradise?
Randall O'Toole
January 1, 2004 - San Jose Demonstrates the Limits of Urban Growth Boundaries and Urban Rail
Randall O'Toole
March 1, 2003 - Smart Growth in Action
Housing Capacity and Development in Ventura County
William Fulton, Chris Williamson, Kathleen Mallory and Jeff Jones
January 1, 2002 - Urban Sprawl and Quality Growth in Ohio
Samuel Staley and Matthew Hisrich
December 1, 2001 - Older Suburbs
Crabgrass Slums or New Urban Frontier?
Joel Kotkin
October 1, 2001 - Market-oriented Approaches to Growth
Outsmarting Sprawl's Impacts
Samuel Staley
August 1, 2001 - Preparing for the Storm
Preserving Water Resources with Stormwater Utilities
Barrett P. Walker
January 1, 2001 - The Vanishing Farmland Myth and the Smart-growth Agenda
Samuel Staley
January 1, 2000 - "Urban Sprawl" and the Michigan Landscape
A Market-Oriented Approach
Samuel Staley
September 1, 1999 - The Sprawling of America
In Defense of a Dynamic City
Samuel Staley
January 1, 1999 - Market Oriented Planning
Principles and Tools
Samuel Staley and Lynn Scarlett
November 1, 1997 - Revitalizing Our Cities
Perspectives from America's New Breed of Mayors
William D. Eggers
March 1, 1995 - Land Use Reform Through Performance Zoning
William D. Eggers
May 1, 1990
Featured Research
- Taxpayer's Guide to the Stimulus
Where is all that stimulus money going? - State Governments Face Deficits and Fiscal Trouble Because of Spending
From 2002 to 2007, state spending rose 50 percent faster than inflation - Is America Following the Policies that Caused Japan's "Lost Decade"?
Federal government is repeating many of the same mistakes that created Japan's Lost Decade
Economy and Economics Blog
- (Video) Fed Doing Harm... to Savers (2/3)
- New at Reason: The Revamped HAMP and Some Corrections for the Record (2/3)
- Senate Approves Lawmakers Insider Trading Ban. Whatever. (2/3)
- President’s “New” New Refi Plan Turns Out to Be Secret Stimulus (2/2)
- San Francisco Chronicle: California running out of money again (2/1)
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