by jpitney | Dec 30, 2024 | Business, Regulation
In September, Phil Gramm wrote at The Wall Street Journal: Jimmy Carter, who turns 100 on Oct. 1, doesn’t get enough credit for the quarter-century economic boom from 1983 to 2008 and the underlying resilience of the economy since. Without Mr. Carter’s deregulation of...
by jpitney | Dec 21, 2024 | Congress, Journalism, Journalists, Regulation, State Government
Nik Usher at Nieman Lab: Most people find talk of clotures, filibusters, committee votes, bill reconciliation, the legislative calendar, and beyond absolutely boring. If civic-affairs news is the broccoli of American journalism, then coverage of legislative procedure...
by jpitney | Dec 13, 2024 | Regulation
I am excited to take this action today— reducing paperwork and bureaucracy—to repeal 208 executive orders dating back to 1920. This is part of our work to make the government more efficient. Outdated executive orders can add confusion and unnecessary or even...
by jpitney | Oct 2, 2024 | Bureaucracy, Business, Regulation, Uncategorized
Phil Gramm at WSJ: Jimmy Carter, who turns 100 on Oct. 1, doesn’t get enough credit for the quarter-century economic boom from 1983 to 2008 and the underlying resilience of the economy since. Without Mr. Carter’s deregulation of airlines, trucking, railroads, energy...
by jpitney | Sep 29, 2024 | California Politics, Housing, Local Government, Regulation
Miles Warner at The Santa Monica Daily Press: This week we found out officially, what many of us already know experientially, that Santa Monica is the most expensive city to conduct business in. Our academic neighbors to the East, Claremont McKenna College’s...
by jpitney | Aug 24, 2024 | California Politics, Housing, Regulation
From the Council of Economic Advisers [emphasis added]: While some permitting requirements serve an important purpose, such as ensuring structural, electrical, plumbing, and mechanical safety and environmental protection, the rise of unnecessary and onerous permitting...
