UK Politicians Join Organizations in Calling for Immediate Release of Alaa Abd El-Fattah

UK Politicians Join Organizations in Calling for Immediate Release of Alaa Abd El-Fattah

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As the UK’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Foreign Secretary David Lammy have failed to secure the release of British-Egyptian blogger, coder, and activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah, UK politicians call for tougher measures to secure Alaa’s immediate return to the UK. During a debate on detained British nationals abroad in early December, chairwoman of the Commons Foreign Affairs Committee Emily Thornberry asked the House of Commons why the UK has continued to organize industry delegations to Cairo while […]

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Tweet Jeb Hensarling warns Republicans to take America’s perilous fiscal situation seriously. A slice: Congress should be alarmed. Although the Fed has been cutting rates, bond yields have been rising, and some Treasury auctions this year have been weak. That suggests that bondholders are beginning to question America’s ballooning national debt. They likely have noticed that debt service is the fastest-growing line item in the federal budget, now exceeding that of the Pentagon. Congress should follow the Hippocratic […]

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Questioning the Housing Crisis: Demand Matters Too

Questioning the Housing Crisis: Demand Matters Too

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Norbert Michel and Jerome Famularo In the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, the United States experienced a much higher rate of inflation than at any time during the prior few decades. Like the prices of many goods and services, the cost of housing rose rapidly, with the median home price increasing by almost $100,000. (Figure 1.) Unsurprisingly, many potential homebuyers were—and still are —shocked and upset. As they have in years past, many politicians have latched on to the anger […]

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