Binyamin Appelbaum

Binyamin Appelbaum is the lead writer on economics and business for The Times editorial board. He is based in Washington.

Old-fashioned building methods contribute to the high cost of housing.

New York’s layers of laws to protect existing buildings have led to a shortage of housing.

President Biden has reinvigorated the government’s role as the nation’s most important investor.

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A small New Jersey town allows two homes on each lot, making room for more housing and more people.

Palisades Park is ending the tyranny of single-family homes.

Opinion | Plan Beats No Plan

Antitrust regulators are finally catching up to the methods used by modern corporations to exert their power.

Binyamin Appelbaum on why Harris’s ill-defined plan is still better than Trump’s.