This week's impeachment developments, snap elections in Britain, and a look at housing issues in the United States.
| Brexit endgame: Parliament agrees to December elections More developments on Brexit came to light this week, as the British parliament agreed to hold snap elections to resolve its impasse over ratifying Brexit. Amanda Sloat writes that after over two years of deadlock, voters will finally have their say, but the results are far from predictable. Read more |
| How to tame big tech Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren have called for stronger government action to rein in powerful tech companies like Amazon and Facebook. But to form a successful strategy, Kaushik Basu says policymakers must look beyond antitrust laws. Read more |
Housing in America A primer on workforce and middle-income housing. In the past year, Facebook, Google, and Microsoft have all pledged to help build more middle-income housing near their campuses. Tiffany Ford and Jenny Schuetz look at the rationale for housing subsidies targeted to middle-income families and examine some of the political and economic implications of workforce housing policies. Is zoning a useful tool or a regulatory barrier? Zoning laws are under fire for their role in escalating U.S. housing costs. But how exactly does zoning drive up costs? And how can we tell when zoning is excessively restrictive? A new report from Jenny Schuetz explores. |
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