@ganeshsitaraman.bsky.social and I have a new piece in Commonplace, “No Handouts for Data Centers.” Research shows that subsidizing sports stadium construction doesn't pay off. Now states are subsidizing data centers. That won't work either. www.commonplace.org/p/no-handout...

Delighted that Presidential Regulation (w/ @ganeshsitaraman.bsky.social) has been published @ YaleJReg. We argue that presidents increasingly use presidential & foreign affairs powers to regulate the domestic economy in ways that aim to minimize judicial review. /1 www.yalejreg.com/wp-content/u...

Today, @ganeshsitaraman.bsky.social warns that monopolies in key parts of the AI tech stack pose a serious threat to innovation. To tackle this issue, policymakers should apply antimonopoly tools to the AI sector.

Amidst debates about the “abundance agenda” and affordable housing policy, the Vanderbilt Policy Accelerator is releasing two new papers charting an agenda for a post-neoliberal housing policy. 1/5

My new paper, Presidential Regulation, w/ @ganeshsitaraman.bsky.social, is up: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers..... We argue that recent admins have created a new mode of economic governance that is dramatically different how presidents have traditionally used admin tools to regulate the economy. 1/

[For more on the history, see @ganeshsitaraman.bsky.social's great article.] www.stanfordlawreview.org/print/articl...

Big day on the Hill for those interested in airline policy. Sen. Marshall pushes airline execs hard on points programs. www.youtube.com/watch?v=myjk...

Josh Hawley goes hard after airline execs on dynamic pricing and fees. Flying is miserable! It's time to fix it.

Excited and grateful that my paper with @tnarecha.bsky.social on AI and Antimonopoly is a finalist for @carnegieendow.bsky.social award for scholarship on AI! carnegieendowment.org/posts/2024/1...

Frequent flyer programs have changed — and people are rightly wondering if they are a good deal - but this piece doesn’t spend much time on the lack of transparency and unfair practices that are also in these programs. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/28/b...

As we start the busiest travel week of the year, VPA has new polling and a white paper on improving the flying experience. We find that 76% of Americans think airplane seats are too small, and 73% would support a federally mandated minimum seat sizes. This is an easy fix! 1/6

Otoh, it would be ironic if Trump succeeded in merging Commerce and USTR, which Obama tried and failed to do, and which has long been a reform recommendation of progressives like @ganeshsitaraman.bsky.social @timlmeyer.bsky.social and others. rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...

New from me, in Politico, on how public policy shapes the geography of flying....and why you have to connect through big airport hubs. www.politico.com/news/magazin...