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Restricting Airbnb won’t solve Washington DC’s affordable housing problem
This article was originally published on April 4, 2017, in the Washington Examiner Last month, D.C. Councilmember Kenyan McDuffie proposed legislation to regulate the homesharing platform
Scrap the Federal Gas Tax In Favor Of a Voluntary One
This article was originally published on September 19, 2018, in Real Clear Markets. Implicit in the price you pay at the pump is an opaque
Let ‘Em Merge! Why Regulators Should Approve T-Mobile-Sprint Merger
This article was originally published on September 28, 2018, in Investor’s Business Daily Federal regulators approved a merger between AT&T and Time Warner earlier this
If Lenders Can’t Collect on Debts, There Will Be Little Debt
This article was originally published on August 30, 2018, in Real Clear Markets. With GDP on the rise and unemployment down, the narrative of strong
Trump pick to head watchdog agency is who consumers need
This article was originally published on July 19, 2018, in The Hill. Last month, President Trump nominated Kathy Kraninger to be the next director of the Bureau
Congress should act quickly to fix Dodd-Frank’s “overcorrections”
This article was originally published on April 23, 2018 in CNBC. With all of Washington’s chaos and partisanship, it’s easy to miss some bipartisan developments
My iPhone Works Again – After A $29 Payment and a Five-Week Wait
Earlier this year, Apple admitted to what many consumers have long suspected—the company has been slowing down the performance of older iPhones. Apple has claimed
Mulvaney is reforming, not destroying, CFPB
This article was originally published on March 15, 2018 in American Banker. The recent release of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s new five-year plan should
Watch Out San Francisco, Here Comes Arizona
This article was originally published on February 21, 2018 in The Weekly Standard. In 2015, Arizona became one of the first states to adopt an
The CFPB Is Harming the Very People It Was Supposed to Protect
This article was originally published on January 16, 2018 in Real Clear Markets. This July will mark the seventh anniversary of the founding of the