Brian Phillips

Incentivizing Bad Behavior: HUD, Freddie Mac, and Fannie Mae

To this day, private companies are castigated for “predatory lending.” Yet, it was government policy that incentivized loans to those who couldn’t afford to repay them.

Waiving Big Pharma’s Intellectual Property Rights is a Gross Injustice

A movement is underway to pressure the Biden Administration to waive global intellectual property (IP) rights to COVID vaccines developed in the United States.

The Need to Identify the Unseen

When politicians announce a new program or policy, they tell us of all the great benefits that will result.

Racism and Housing

Widespread racism can only occur when government mandates it.

Government officials love to loudly proclaim the great benefits that tenants will enjoy by restricting and controlling landlords. The folly of their schemes will become clear when they discover that the landlord shrugged.

The “Right to Return”

Like all forms of subsidies, the “right to return” takes from some—taxpayers—to provide benefits to others—low-income households.

Abusing Statistics and Evicting “People of Color”

The report on eviction filings looks at groups, not individuals. Consequently, it fails to identify the context for the individuals who were evicted.

Unleash the Swarm in Housing Production

If we unleash the swarm, if we restore freedom to property owners, we will see an immense increase in housing production. Property owners could convert single-family homes into duplexes, build a cottage or “granny flat” in the back yard, or do any number of other things to increase the supply of housing.

Biden and Trump are Two Faces of Fascism

The only difference between the Biden version of fascism and the conservative version is whose property they seek to control.

The Real Villain Regarding Vaccines

If Cruz really wants parents, and all Americans, to have freedom of choice, he should call for the abolition of the FDA.

The Two Sides of the Censorship Coin

Forcing companies to allow content is the flip side of prohibiting them from expressing certain ideas. These are the two side of the censorship coin.

To Lower Rents Increase The Profits From Building Rental Housing

Housing activists think that the solution to the housing shortage is to shackle housing producers.

Defending the Free Market

We can’t predict what solutions and innovations that free individuals will discover. However, we do know that free individuals, and only free individuals, can and do find solutions and innovations.

California Housing: Force Isn’t the Solution

In 2024, voter in Los Angeles will vote on an initiative that would force hotel operators to rent vacant rooms to the city’s homeless.

Conservatives Abandon Property Rights

Conservatives should remember their past support for property rights. But more importantly, they need to discover what that principle truly means. Until they do so, conservatives will continue to abandon property rights.