Brian Shearer @brianJshearer

Vanderbilt University, Vanderbilt Policy Accelerator, Director of Competition and Reg Policy Washington, DC Joined September 2013

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Ben Dinovelli @BenDinovelli

3 weeks ago

Excited to share that my job talk paper, The Myth of Credit Card Competition, is forthcoming in @VandLRev! I explore the limits of competition (through antitrust, consumer law, or regulation) as a solution to high and regressive swipe fees in the credit card payments market. 1/8

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David Seligman @daveyseligman

a month ago

Services are getting gutted, healthcare costs are about to explode, and people are drowning—while 100 billionaires own homes in Aspen. This isn’t complicated: we’re one of the wealthiest states in the richest country in the history of the world. It shouldn’t be this hard.

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Julie Margetta Morgan @jmargetta

a month ago

This is a must-read piece for anyone interested in housing policy. @brianJshearer observes that the YIMBY approach to housing is essentially a passive one - and he's got the data to show that DC's more active approach is yielding better results

Washington Monthly @monthly

a month ago

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Washington Monthly @monthly

a month ago

To Create Abundant Housing, Ignore the YIMBY Playbook: Washington DC, America’s bluest city, is building more homes per capita than Houston—not with bottom-up zoning reform but with top-down government action. washingtonmonthly.com/2025/08/14/cit…

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Mike Pierce @millennial_debt

a month ago

(stares deeply in student debt)

Chris Stirewalt @ChrisStirewalt

a month ago

(stares deeply in student debt)

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Economic Speakers Bureau @econspeakers

a month ago

Americans are feeling financial pressure everywhere — from grocery stores and gas pumps to soaring costs in education, health care, and housing that the president promised to fix but hasn’t. @jmargetta says some people are skipping meals or dipping into savings just to get by.