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America's gerontocracy shelters housing wealth and slows innovation
12 articles on state capacity, housing growth, Bidenomics industrial policy, innovation prizes, and more.
Jun 25
June 10: U.S. mine permitting takes 7–10 years; Canada does it in two
7 articles on critical minerals production, H-1B visas, federal libraries, and more
Jun 11
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May 2026
May 20: Fifteen forces driving the secular decline of American state capacity
13 articles on solar zoning, corporate housing ownership, unused property rights, and more
May 20
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May 5: Increasing housing supply decreases racial segregation, and other findings
15 articles on transmission gaming, wind project acceptance, autonomous vehicles, and more
May 5
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April 2026
Apr 9: Using the DPA for clean energy projects; immigration raised rents
6 articles on zoning history, patent reform, NIMBY-proof development tactics, and more
Apr 9
March 2026
Mar. 26: Positive externalities in land use law, immigration to help the economy, and a decentralized civil service
11 articles on immigration visas, environmental policy history, infrastructure racism, and more
Mar 26
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February 2026
Feb 26: State water agencies' human capital, regulatory burden, and public engagement; state preemption for data centers
9 articles on state capacity, nuclear energy, generative AI, EV adoption, and more
Feb 26
Feb 12: Transit for housing abundance, AI for NEPA reviews, and ADU preeemption language
8 articles on transit design, conflict-of-interest reform, critical minerals, and more
Feb 12
2
Feb. 5: Government outsourcing, addressing NIMBY opposition, and the cons of preemption
19 articles on government outsourcing, energy NIMBYs, housing supply, and more
Feb 5
1
January 2026
Jan. 29: Law of Abundance Conference Edition
Papers from the Law of Abundance Conference
Jan 29
2
Jan. 19: The facts of NEPA delays, government participation
9 articles on NEPA reform, administrative capacity, DOGE, and more
Jan 20
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