Why Housing Inflation Can Be the Worst Kind

It seems like every other casual conversation I have these days drifts into the subject of the rising cost of living. In particular, the crazy cost of housing.

In this essay published recently by the WSJ, Greg Ip explains how unaffordable homes are undercutting the American dream even more than high gasoline and food prices.

The Politics of Crime 

No doubt about it. The increase in retail theft and the growth of other forms of crime in the last few years has had a devastating effect on local businesses in every major city in the US. How bad is it? Click here and here for a few studies that take a look at the issue.