Property Rights

This is the 33rd and final research newsletter of 2018.  What a year it has been! Publishing a hardcore policy newsletter every week would not be possible without a team…

Earlier this month, North Carolina’s voters considered six constitutional amendment proposals and approved four of them. Two of the approved amendments are straightforward textual changes with no immediate statutory impact,…

Reportedly, Americans are more interested in socialism now. How much that is actually true, I don’t know. Media political reporting today contains so much projection, it’s hard to tell. Also,…

With new data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration, I have updated the charts from my report last year on “The Market Forces Behind North Carolina’s Falling Emissions“:…

Civil asset forfeiture is inherently unjust, as I’ve explained many times in the past (here, here, here, here, here, here, and here). Why?…

What is “the market price?” For two people, a buyer and a seller of any products or service, the market price is that price that is mutually agreed upon in…

The End of the Road for the Map Act!

Actions Speak Louder than Words

North Carolina Has Always Been a Leader When It Comes to Asset Forfeiture, but That Doesn’t Mean We Have Nothing to Learn

The fight over Airbnb in Raleigh