Policy
Hawaii County tells homeowner his 38-year-old house is actually illegal
Happy Tax Day (if any tax day can be happy) and welcome to another edition of Rent Free. This week's stories include: Single-stair reform takes a big step forward in Austin, Texas. Parking reform advances in Washington.…
Derek Thompson: Democrats must change
Derek Thompson, a senior writer at The Atlantic and co-author (with Ezra Klein) of Abundance: The New Politics of Growth, joins this episode of Just Asking Questions to make the case that if Democrats want to win in the…
Markets rally as Trump pauses tariffs. Should presidents have this much power?
Last week, President Donald Trump imposed double-digit tariffs on imports from nearly every nation on the planet. The move spooked investors, and the markets plummeted in response. Then this week, Trump announced a 90-day…
Trump is giving everyone what they want in the dumbest way possible
A range of factions with mutually exclusive policy goals entered the Trump White House hoping the president would prioritize their particular political project. Dynamists want to cut regulation and unleash economic growth.…
Mark Carney’s plan to create a federal Canadian homebuilder is a bad idea
Happy Tuesday and welcome to another edition of Rent Free. This week's newsletter takes a look at Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney's plans to create a federal homebuilder and all the ways that it's a…
U.S. denies Mexico’s request for water for the first time in 80 years
For the first time in more than 80 years, the U.S. has denied Mexico's request for water from the Colorado River, escalating tensions over a water-sharing agreement between the two nations. The State Department says it…
‘Abundance’ presents the pro-growth technocrat argument
Abundance, by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson, Avid Reader Press, 297 pages, $30 At the turn of the 20th century, labor leader Samuel Gompers had many specific demands, including job security and an eight-hour day. But his list…
Biden rushed out billions before Trump took office
On President Joe Biden's way out the door, officials in his administration were busy—not just packing up their offices, but shoveling as much money as possible before incoming President Donald Trump could get his hands…
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