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Virginia’s Unaffordable Approach to Affordable Housing

Posted on April 30, 2019 by matt ohern

If the public policy debate over affordable dwellings is as impoverished as that described in The Virginia Mercury recently, poor Virginians are doomed to lives of housing misery. Here’s how reporter Ned Oliver sums up the controversy: “Is affordable housing something for … Continue reading →

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Is Winter Coming for Virginia Pipeline Projects?

Posted on April 30, 2019 by matt ohern

The building season is here, but for developers of Virginia’s two hotly-contested natural gas pipelines, activity is back in the government agencies and courthouses. The construction sites remain largely silent, delays running up the ultimate cost of the projects, including … Continue reading →

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Growing Corn Kills People

Posted on April 30, 2019 by matt ohern

Jason Hill, a professor at the University of Minnesota, and a team of other scientists issued a study on April 1, 2019, which initially I thought was an April Fool’s joke. It is no joke! According to one publication and … Continue reading →

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Economic Impact: Time will tell how dangerous this simple curve is

Posted on April 30, 2019 by matt ohern

Talk of recession has picked up again. The reason might sound complicated, but the principle is fairly basic. In financial parlance, we’re talking about the inversion of the yield curve. Here’s what that means … and how it might take … Continue reading →

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How Government Creates Poverty

Posted on April 18, 2019 by matt ohern

Government is much better at creating poverty than at curing it. On April 3 the General Assembly voted to end the practice of suspending driving licenses for non-payment of fines or restitution or both and ordered Department of Motor Vehicles to restore … Continue reading →

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