
The Affordability Crisis: Deconstructing the Macroeconomic Toll of Protectionism and Regulatory Decay
The American dream is under siege by a tax code that favors capital over labor and a housing market designed to protect incumbents while locking out the next generation. Leading economist Neera Tanden warns that current protectionist policies and skyrocketing healthcare costs are creating a permanent state of insolvency for the working class. The solution lies in a radical re-imagining of suburban integration and the unrigging of a fiscal system that has prioritized asset growth over merit for thirty years.