Texas has the most competitive electricity market in the world. Its telecommunications market is equally successful. While the details of the transitions to competition for these two markets differ, the results are remarkably similar-exceptional increases in consumer choice and decreases in consumer prices.
Local Government
Zoning Promised Order, But Delivered Scarcity.
Texas adopted Hoover’s blueprint a century ago. Today, the bill is due in higher prices and lost liberty. Progressive-era policy rears its head in Texas housing. A century after Herbet Hoover put housing under government management, innovation has faltered, consumer choice has dwindled, and costs have exploded. Popular sentiment casts Herbert Hoover as a do-nothing,...
December 16, 2025