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Of course, Chicago is just privatizing the revenue from meters, not the actual parking spaces. Plus, the city will regulate rate increases, but it’s a step in the right direction. (right?) For today’s politicians, this is a great way to get windfalls of money today for revenues of future generations in order [...] December 2nd, 2008 | Tags: Chicago, parking, parking meters, privatization | Category: privatization, video | 25 comments |
 printable viewWow! This market is a mess. As a great follow up to his posts at CafeHayek on government’s intervention in the housing market, Russell Roberts discusses the situation and bailout with reason.tv: Also… Here’s the video from an Economics forum discussion at MIT (my Alma mater) on Wednesday: The US Financial Crisis [...] October 10th, 2008 | Tags: Bailout, CafeHayek, Economics, government intervention, housing bubble, MIT, Russell Roberts, Urban Economics, USC | Category: Economics, housing, video | Leave a comment |
printable viewI enjoyed this short video that compares Chicago’s Lincoln Square, where I have lived and Buffalo Grove, which is a suburb similar to where I grew up. The video was produced by CEOs for Cities, a Chicago based organization that advocates for cities. Their website gives this description: A new analysis shows that [...] July 22nd, 2008 | Tags: buffalo grove, Chicago, congestion, lincoln square, sprawl | Category: sprawl, video | 2 comments |
printable viewThis is a topic I want to cover more thoroughly, but for now I present a one hour documentary video on green buildings for you leisurely viewing. I came across the snagfilms website from a recent Wall Street Journal article. Most of the documentary videos lean towards “progressive” tastes, but hopefully they’ll [...] July 20th, 2008 | Tags: density, documentary, Environment, Friedman, government, Transportation, Urbanism | Category: Environment, Urban[ism] Legends, video | 12 comments |
printable viewThe latest edition of the Atlantic Monthly features an article by John Staddon, a Professor of psychology and brain sciences at Duke University. The article discusses some of the differences in how the US and Britain regulates traffic and how there are unintended consequences to over-regulation. Distracting Miss Daisy: I began to think [...] July 6th, 2008 | Tags: Britain, inattentional blindness, signs, traffic, unintended consequences | Category: Transportation, video | Leave a comment |
printable viewWith the referendum approaching, the debate over rent control is heating up in California. This video is pretty balanced in showing both sides. There are some memorable quotes, like “social security and pension plan would not pay the market rent, so I just wouldn’t eat.” I guess this guy values his $375/mo [...] May 28th, 2008 | Tags: affordable housing, California, Economics, housing, microeconomics, property rights, proposition 98, rent control, San Francisco, video | Category: rent control, video | One comment |
printable viewWatch it right here: And also, Kunstler on oil & suburbia: May 7th, 2008 | Tags: colbert, comedy, gas, gas tax, kunstler, peak oil, politics, video | Category: Transportation, video | 2 comments |
printable viewNot directly speaking about urbanism, but the same ideas can be applied to green developers, and even developers in general. ‘“You serve people by making things people want.” And if people want pollution-free power, the free-market can deliver it.’ Watch here. April 14th, 2008 | Tags: Environment, Free-market, green, video | Category: video | Leave a comment |
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