The Issues

Economic Freedom

The Jefferson Journal: Conformity Flooding State With Cash

What will you do with your $110? Thanks to the conformity revenue flood, it’s coming …

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Stephen D. Haner
June 28, 2019

As Arlington Housing Prices Soar, Supply is Unresponsive

The worst fears of Amazon critics are coming true. Housing prices are becoming increasingly unaffordable — even before Amazon sets up shop at its HQ2 facility in Arlington and floods...

Jefferson Forum
June 26, 2019

Is the U.S. Economy Slowing Down? Are We Headed for a Recession?

Next month will mark the longest U.S. economic expansion on record. But growing signs of a slowing economy — and potentially a recession — have some businesses concerned about the...

Jefferson Forum
June 26, 2019

Want More Affordable Housing? Try Free Markets

Exclusionary regulation at the local level is the root cause of unaffordable housing, and a rollback of exclusionary regulation is the best long-term solution, argue Salim Furth and Emily Hamilton, research...

Jefferson Forum
June 11, 2019

USMCA: Good For Virginia’s Economy

International trade is now a regular topic of conversation across the Commonwealth and the U.S.   Last year, Virginia manufacturers exported $15.11 billion in goods.    In particular, the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) will accomplish...

Jefferson Forum
June 11, 2019

Housing’s Supply-Side Revolution

IndieDwell converts shipping containers into affordable housing. The Idaho-based business has taken an idea championed locally by entrepreneurs Sheila and Sidney Gunst (see “Thinking Outside the Container“) and turned it...

Jefferson Forum
May 30, 2019

Meet the GOP Carbon Tax Advocate Bob Inglis

There is a hotbed of carbon tax advocacy at George Mason University, led by a former GOP congressman sent packing by South Carolina voters because he’s ready to tax them...

Stephen D. Haner
May 30, 2019

Is the Goal Cutting CO2 or Imposing a Tax?

While it would have been a popular step with his political base, and one he was expected to take, Governor Ralph Northam may have been smart to pass on seeking...

Stephen D. Haner
May 14, 2019

New Report Calls for Top-Down Mileage Fee Program

My Reason colleagues and I have long argued that per-gallon fuel taxes should be replaced by mileage-based user fees (MBUFs). I served on the Transportation Research Board committee that alerted...

Jefferson Forum
May 14, 2019

Jefferson Forum concentrates on policies that affect everyday life in Virginia

Economic Freedom

Lower taxes and fewer regulations

Education Freedom

More choices for Virginia families

Energy Freedom

Reliable, affordable energy

Worker Freedom

Protecting Virginia’s right-to-work tradition

These are the building blocks of a more competitive and prosperous Virginia.