- Reading List - 09/05/2026SpaceX’s turbine blade factory, Fervo’s deal with Google, Delhi’s cheap metro, why recycling is overrated, and more.
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3 September
- How Will the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act Affect Housing Supply? Part IIIThis is my third and final essay looking at the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, and how it’s likely to affect housing supply.
29 August
- Reading List 08/29/26Sinking London homes, US magnesium manufacturing, the World Humanoid Robot games, catastrophic flooding in Nepal, and more.
27 August
- How the Strategic Petroleum Reserve WorksThe US Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) is the largest crude oil storage facility in the world.
22 August
- Reading List 08/22/26Los Angeles’ ADUs, electrical transformer manufacturing, gas turbine power plants, how water in the Colorado River is used, and more.
15 August
- Reading List — 08/15/2026Home price declines, the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, The Boring Company fundraising, and more.
14 August
- How Will the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act Affect Housing Supply? Part IIThis is the second installment of my look under the hood of the recently passed 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, looking at what each provision actually does and trying to suss out its actual impact on housing supply.
8 August
- Reading List 08/08/2026The Endangered Species Act and housing production, why it’s hard for LEGO to use 3D printing, robotic welding and shipbuilding, modular data centers, and more.
6 August
- What Will the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act Do for Housing Supply?A few weeks ago the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act became law. This is an enormous housing bill that’s been in the works for roughly a year — I first discussed it on Statecraft back in 2025 — and folks are optimistic…
1 August
- Reading List 08/01/26Pepper-spray drones, China’s chip Manhattan Project, Commonwealth Fusion’s fundraise, and a proposed Dulles Airport renovation.
30 July
- Why Is Everyone Trying to Build a Solid-State Battery?A battery technology that’s getting a lot of attention is solid-state batteries, lithium-ion batteries that replace the liquid electrolyte with a solid material.
25 July
- Reading List 07/25/26China’s EV subsidies, the future of aeroderivative gas turbines, a US-Saudi nuclear deal, defective roadway guardrails, and more.
23 July
- Can We Lower Construction Costs with Cheaper Labor or Materials?Last time in our series on the nature of the construction productivity problem, we looked at economies of scale, finding that capturing economies of scale in homebuilding is difficult.
18 July
- Reading List 07/18/26A setback for California Forever, a $500 million artillery shell plant not producing any shells, the difficulty of recycling EV batteries, manufacturing wire harnesses, and more.
16 July
- How Predictable Are Laws?An enormous amount of ink has been spilled (some of it by me) on the trials and tribulations of complying with the National Environmental Policy Act, better known as NEPA.
11 July
- Reading List 07/11/26Adults living with their parents, Samsung’s profits, Native American data centers, Puerto Rico’s electricity grid, and more.
4 July
- Reading List 07/04/26Households without homeowners insurance, crackdowns on AI chip smuggling, Japan’s two electrical frequencies, Meta’s AI compute business, and more.
3 July
- The Fall and Rise of ScrewwormEvery spring, as sure as the seasons, and for generations unknown, screwworms began their annual march northward from their overwintering sanctuaries in Mexico and South Texas.
27 June
- Reading List 06/27/26Trump refuses to sign a housing bill, the high cost of US-made doors, slow trucking, why we stopped making new land, and more.
25 June
- US Subways Build Too Many Cross PassagesI wrote the following piece for IFP’s Transit Abundance Playbook, a collection of 15 ideas to improve transit delivery in the US.
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