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The Wrong Framework Leads to Bad Decisions
In my book, The Affordable Housing Crisis: Causes and Cures, I show how a century of policies attempting to provide affordable housing have failed. Indeed, those policies have made the housing crisis worse. Yet, politicians and housing activists clamor for more of the same policies. The wrong framework leads to bad decisions. Minneapolis provides us…
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A Century of the Wrong Framework
For more than a century, discussions of government policy have followed the wrong framework. The resulting policies have not solved the problems that they were intended to address. Indeed, those policies have just made the problems worse. The wrong framework leads to bad choices, and bad choices lead to undesirable results. I call the framework…
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The Progressive Framework is Anti-individual
The Progressive framework subordinates the individual—every individual—to the group. That framework is anti-individual and demands that the individual sacrifice his values and ambitions—his life—to the group. When the collective is the standard, what happens to the individual is regarded as irrelevant. When put into practice, this framework unleashes a power struggle as various groups compete…
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Framing Public Policy Issues: Method
Effectively framing public policy issues begins by identifying the proper standard of value. However, selecting the proper goal is only the start. If we do not embrace the proper method for selecting and evaluating facts, then we will not make the best policy choices. There are two components to the proper method: context and alternatives….
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Framing Public Policy Issues: Values
Far too often, those who support the free market adopt the wrong framework for their arguments. Indeed, in many instances advocates of the free market accept the framework of collectivists/statists. We won’t be successful in arguing for the free market is we embrace the framework of those who seek to destroy the free market. Winning…
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Reframing STR Issues, Part 1
In many, if not most, discussions over policy issues, the discussion revolves around a proposed solution. Proponents attempt to defend and justify their proposal, while opponents attack it. This is not a recipe for a healthy and constructive conversation. Indeed, it often leads to anger and hostility. Take proposals to ban or severely regulate short-term…
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A Detour on the Way to an Argument
A friend describes herself as liberal–she supports gay marriage, is pro-choice, and hates Donald Trump. She generally votes for Democrats, though she admits that she would have voted for John McCain if he hadn’t selected Sarah Palin as his running partner. Often, when we are discussing an issue, one of us will take a stance…
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