Paul Krugman: no government policies were guilty (?)
Krugman apparently believes that his standard response of more stimulus applies regardless of the reasons we are in the economic downturn. Yet it is precisely because I think the policy response to...
View Article3 great housing policy ebooks: The Triumph of the City, The Gated City, The...
The past year has seen three sharp minds applied to revolutionizing housing policy – I recommend them all. If you are new to this topic you will probably find Ryan Avent’s Kindle Single to be the most...
View ArticleHigh-speed rail: Ed Glaeser runs the numbers
Above: The AMF Monorail ride at the New York Word’s Fair, 1964. Harvard Economist Edward Glaeser wrote a series of NYT Econmix posts in 2009 on the costs and benefits of high speed rail (HSR). For his...
View ArticleEdward L. Glaeser: Behind the Population Shift – NYTimes.com
Edward L. Glaeser: Behind the Population Shift – NYTimes.com: Why is housing supply so generous in Georgia and Texas? It isn’t land. Harris County, Tex., which surrounds Houston, has a higher...
View ArticleHow skyscrapers can save the city
Harvard real estate economist Ed Glaeser has an excellent essay in The Atlantic. The analysis and history is largely based on NYC, but the principles are universal. Example: The relationship between...
View ArticleEd Glaeser: Why Cities Rock
Another excellent Freakonomics Radio podcast [MP3]. I’m looking forward to reading Glaeser’s new book Triumph of the City: How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier, and...
View ArticleThe locavore’s dilemma
Don’t miss Harvard’s Ed Glaeser on the fantasy of “urban agriculture.” Isn’t it odd that most people seem to appreciate that it doesn’t make sense to make their own shoes, pencils or iPhones. But...
View ArticleFrom substinence farming to prosperity?
For several years I’ve been writing about the development challenge — what policies are the most effective to help Paul Collier’s “Bottom Billion (TED Talk)” escape from poverty to our world of...
View ArticleDetroit’s Decline and the Folly of Light Rail
Harvard’s urban economist Ed Glaeser wrote this little essay last spring. US president Obama and his advisors really need to spend some time with Glaeser. Here’s a fragment of Ed’s concluding...
View ArticleCities are key to global carbon limits
Harvard’s Ed Glaeser was interviewed by the European Magazine. Ed is author of the excellent Triumph of the City: How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier, and Happier....
View ArticleFrom subsistence farming to prosperity?
[Image Nairobi 2009 ©Corbis, Nigel Pavitt] For several years I’ve been writing about the development challenge — what policies are the most effective to help Paul Collier’s “Bottom Billion” escape...
View ArticleMark Hogan on San Francisco’s housing shortage: “Living in a Fool’s Paradise”
“… the current state of permitting regulations for building and the glacial pace of infrastructure projects in San Francisco benefit very few people and risk turning it into a caricature of its former...
View ArticleTarget the planning laws not the one per cent
At FT.com Robin Harding (@RobinBHarding) has a very smart essay on the true cause of high real estate prices. This is a wide-spread disease, with familar standout cases such as London and San...
View ArticleEdward L. Glaeser: Behind the Population Shift – NYTimes.com
Edward L. Glaeser: Behind the Population Shift – NYTimes.com: Why is housing supply so generous in Georgia and Texas? It isn’t land. Harris County, Tex., which surrounds Houston, has a higher...
View ArticleHow skyscrapers can save the city
Harvard real estate economist Ed Glaeser has an excellent essay in The Atlantic. The analysis and history is largely based on NYC, but the principles are universal. Example: The relationship between...
View ArticleEd Glaeser: Why Cities Rock
Another excellent Freakonomics Radio podcast [MP3]. I’m looking forward to reading Glaeser’s new book Triumph of the City: How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier, and...
View ArticleThe locavore’s dilemma
Don’t miss Harvard’s Ed Glaeser on the fantasy of “urban agriculture.” Isn’t it odd that most people seem to appreciate that it doesn’t make sense to make their own shoes, pencils or iPhones. But...
View ArticleDetroit’s Decline and the Folly of Light Rail
Harvard’s urban economist Ed Glaeser wrote this little essay last spring. US president Obama and his advisors really need to spend some time with Glaeser. Here’s a fragment of Ed’s concluding...
View Article3 great housing policy ebooks: The Triumph of the City, The Gated City, The...
The past year has seen three sharp minds applied to revolutionizing housing policy – I recommend them all. If you are new to this topic you will probably find Ryan Avent’s Kindle Single to be the most...
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