This week at Climate Week
I'm writing this from Climate Week, where Coefficient Giving is a sponsor of “ The Urban Climate Solution ” series, ten free sessions with the Parking Reform Network, Pew, and WRI's Ross Center, making the case that urba…
Your flying car will still have AM Radio, and other insights
2026-09-23
OMB’s intrusion into NIH
When an agency proposes a significant regulatory action, the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) has the power to first evaluate it to ensure alignment on policy and the minimization of regulatory conflic…
The great American property tax freak out
Building state capacity in the US is hard, but a good starting principle is to not do any harm. Alas, US states appear committed to doing harm. In a nice new paper, Yale law professor David Schleicher tracks the ongoing …
Your flying car will still have AM radio
A lot of abundance and growth discourse can be summed up as, “some people really don’t like change.” Case in point: the US House of Representatives has passed a measure that requires all new cars to include an AM radio ,…
Hiring impossible: FDA fallout
This week I’ve been reading about the FDA’s hiring struggles. For context, last year, as a result of cuts led by DOGE, the FDA laid off nearly 1,900 staff and another 1,200 staff took early retirement packages – combined…
The state of think tanks
On Think Tanks published its State of the Sector report last week, surveying 299 think tanks across 94 countries. Two thirds of the respondents named funding as a challenge this year, and almost half expect the environme…