Author: Thomas L. Knapp

Source: Coyote Blog
by Warren Meyer

“There is one simple answer to why housing costs rise faster than inflation and incomes — restricted supply mated with subsidized demand. In many locales the supply of housing is restricted by the government (rent control, growth limits, expensive and time-consuming permitting, etc) and in every part of the country housing is subsidized by the government (mortgage loan guarantees, tax deductibility of mortgage interest, section 8 housing vouchers, etc). The net result HAS to be rising rents and home prices. I bring this up because we are in the insane situation that both the Left and Right are proposing to attack housing affordability by …. subsidizing demand and restricting supply.” (11/17/25)

https://coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2025/11/housing-affordability-where-everyone-is-wrong.html

Source: Orange County Register
by Matt Fleming

“I was duped into thinking President Donald Trump was considering advocating for 15-year car loans, but when put into context it’s hard to blame me. A fake image of a White House statement circulated social media last week saying that Trump had tasked Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick with making ‘vehicle ownership for all a reality by introducing 15 year car loans!’ … I was one of many people to fall for it. Big if true, as they say. Of course it wasn’t, but it’s hard to tell these days. After all, the fake 15-year auto loan news came right on the heels of real announcements that Trump was considering 50-year mortgages and a $2,000 tariff refund (which he called a dividend). All of these ideas are ridiculous.” (11/17/25)

https://archive.is/4q262

Source: Law & Liberty
by Samuel Gregg

“The Frenchman’s treatment of Arthur de Gobineau offers a lesson for today’s intra-conservative debates.” (11/17/25)

https://lawliberty.org/tocqueville-versus-the-groypers/

Source; Cato Institute
by Ryan Bourne

“Aweekend NYT op-ed by Neale Mahoney and Bharat Ramamurti has caused a stir. It argues that policymakers should be open to considering price controls, given voters’ discontent about the cost of living. Price controls, the authors say, are a ‘tool’ to be used carefully. The key is to ‘design’ them to avoid the classic long-term consequences of ‘less investment’ in supply, but keep the benefits of providing ‘immediate relief’ to customers through lower prices. … Would ‘immediate relief’ via price controls really prove temporary as new supply is brought onboard? Mahoney-Ramamurti provide no historical or contemporary examples of such a bundle.” (11/17/25)

https://www.cato.org/commentary/politics-price-controls