Overregulation Drives Up Rental Prices in Dutch Cities
New rules meant to protect renters are causing rents to spike.
Cities
Rent Control Keeps Failing. Countries Keep Trying
What do you call doing the same thing over and over again, and expecting different results?
Amsterdam Finds New Excuse to Ban Weed for Tourists
The mayor claims cannabis retailers are linked to organized crime.
Overregulation Makes Child Care More Expensive in DC
Democrats require a college degree from all workers.
Amsterdam Won’t Keep Weed from Tourists
Banning the sale of cannabis could cause a surge in street crime.
Expropriation Unlikely in Berlin, But So Is Cheaper Housing
The federal government ought to deregulate rents nationally.
Spain Tries to Solve Yesterday’s Housing Crisis
Prices are already down due to the pandemic.
German Left Has Wrong Ideas for Housing Market
Don’t add regulation to solve problems created by regulation in the first place.
Swedish Housing Crisis Has Similarities with Netherlands
Both countries struggle to find the right balance between public and private.
National Implications of the Madrid Regional Election
The center did not hold.
Trumpification of the Spanish Right in Madrid
Isabel Díaz Ayuso flirts with COVID-19 skepticism in the name of “freedom”.
To Trump, Blue America Is Expandable
Riots and COVID deaths in Democratic cities aren’t the president’s problem.
Singapore-on-Thames Is Unlikely
Britain won’t become a tax haven.
Barcelona Without the Tourists
Barceloneta beach isn’t packed. You can actually go for a stroll on La Rambla.
Lockdown in Barcelona
Streets that were full of life a week ago are deserted.