Judge Glock
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Director of Research and Senior Fellow, @MannhattanInst. Author of "The Dead Pledge." Opinions are my own.
Austin, Texas
Joined November 2014
This is a good time to remember one of the most egregious examples of politicized removal in US history, and it involves the Bureau of Labor Statistics too. Angered by BLS official Howard Goldstein's congressional testimony, President Nixon privately said "There's a Jewish.
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RT @rSanti97: Federal hiring is broken. It can take years to get a job, the pay scales are too rigid, you can't promote a rockstar, and you….
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“If you make the civil service more stultified, you have to contract stuff out”
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RT @bswud: Park Lane is an essential part of London's road network, so getting rid of it would be foolish. But what about burying it? . It….
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It's still wild to me how this went from a mainstream, Democratic position to absolutely anathema in no time flat.
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RT @ManhattanInst: Over 20 states have radically reformed civil service, and results have been overwhelmingly positive. @judgeglock argues….
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RT @CharlesFLehman: New at @CityJournal: We sat down with eleven undecided New York voters to ask them about Mamdani, Adams, Cuomo, and eve….
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RT @David_Kasten: Fun fact, related to this observation by @judgeglock -- essentially no public policy schools in America have a required c….
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I was so excited to be on one of my favorite podcasts, Statecraft with Santi Ruiz, to talk about what the federal government can learn from state civil service reform and how far we still have to go to deregulate hiring, firing, pay, and collective bargaining in DC.
Federal hiring is broken. It can take years to get a job, the pay scales are too rigid, you can't promote a rockstar, and you can't fire a dud. Today on Statecraft, @judgeglock asks: What if we just copy what the states already do?
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Great write-up on the research that everyone curious about this subject should read.
Advocates of drug liberalization routinely argue that compulsory treatment doesn't "work." But that's just not what the evidence says. My latest @CityJournal:
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RT @aarmlovi: There is something going on in British NIMBYism and it's not fiscal zoning and it's not "beauty". These council planners are….
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On the one hand, this is just terrible industrial policy. On the other, it is good to remember that the CHIPS act handed tens of billions of dollars to companies in exchange for. nothing. It seems like they should give something to taxpayers.
Not just Intel: "U.S. weighs equity stakes in chipmakers tied to CHIPS Act funding - report"
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RT @dkurtzz: Appreciate the New York Times for getting the original Cicero Institute band back together, featuring commentary on federal ch….
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The administration has pledged to end support for Housing First, the approach behind the V.A.’s greatest housing success story.
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Happy to be quoted in the @Nytimes this morning on proposed changes to Housing First policy.
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The administration has pledged to end support for Housing First, the approach behind the V.A.’s greatest housing success story.
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Many people treat dereg as a way to take away the "privilege" from landowners who get benefits from restricting supply. But restricting supply can only work by restricting other landholders who lose. The net effect for land overall is negative. Maximizing land value is good!.
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This is hard for some groups to understand, but the goal of housing policy should actually be to MAXIMIZE total housing values. Quick explainer: . A well-functioning goods market maximizes the product of volume and per-unit value. A monopolized or over-regulated market will tend.
A real problem is that a lot of people think that Bad Things (crime) must cause Other Bad Things (high rent). But sometimes Bad Things do not cause Other Bad Things. In this case, "high crime" *decreases* housing costs because people are less willing to live in high crime areas.
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I also think the singular concern with lowering rents and housing costs can distort policymaking. We WANT higher housing costs if they are an indication of improved product quality, neighborhood amenities, etc. We don't want them if they come from supply restrictions.
A real problem is that a lot of people think that Bad Things (crime) must cause Other Bad Things (high rent). But sometimes Bad Things do not cause Other Bad Things. In this case, "high crime" *decreases* housing costs because people are less willing to live in high crime areas.
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RT @JTLonsdale: Where is my copy, Max!? Eagerly awaiting. These are so well done. The excitement and magic around a new quarterly issue of….
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RT @jordanmcgillis: When @cynthiamcgillis and I look at our $5,000+ monthly bill, I can't help but grumble "the cost of childcare is too da….
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And basically nobody was punished for it in the 1984 elections! The bigger problem is not that it couldn't be done, but most politicians just don't care enough now to do anything about it. Lack of care is very different from political blowback, and the former is the main problem.
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The funny thing is that it was Tip O'Neill's aide who said Social Security was the "third rail" of American politics, and ever since everybody has said it's politically impossible to touch it. But the actual 1983 reform act, pushed by O'Neill, passed with overwhelming majorities.
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