Scott Weiner, a California state senator from San Francisco and its environs, has become known nationwide for pushing legislation to streamline housing construction in the Golden State. The effort ...

Get the latest federal technology news delivered to your inbox. As an economist who studies the regulation of utilities such as electricity, gas and water, I wonder what that regulation would look ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Adam writes about state and local policy and urban economic issues. Nearly halfway through his first term, President Biden has ...

George Stigler’s 1971 paper “The Theory of Economic Regulation,” stands as an important piece of economic research. While most of the profession was convinced regulation advanced the overall public ...

As global economic pressures mount, the EU has armed itself with a powerful new tool to counter economic coercion. The EU Anti-Coercion Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2023/2675) has been fully in force ...

This paper presents statistical evidence that reducing regulations is associated with positive and significant gains in economic growth. We review economic literature that reflects a growing consensus ...