Congestion pricing schemes, touted as environmentally-responsible at the time of $4 gas, were defeated in New York City last Spring. However, as the market turmoil threatens to wreak havoc on tax revenues, fiscal necessity has lured New York State and New York City politicians to re-examine the political viability of charging tolls to drivers [...]
For quite some time, Economist Walter Block has been one of the more radical thinkers when it comes to advocating free market solutions. Many of his writings on roads and rent control are featured in the Links to Articles, Academic Papers and Books page.
Today’s Lew Rockwell Podcast features an interview with Professor Block discussing [...]
Here’s a link to a very interesting article at weburbanist.com with photos of 20 abandoned cities and towns around the world - 20 Abandoned Cities from Around the World: Deserted Towns and Other Derelict Places
I have little expertise in Medieval Cities and have little input, but thought it was interesting:
Marginal Revolution - Medieval cities: Europe vs. the Arabic world
also, Econlog - Producer and Consumer Cities
Cities in the Arab world were on average much larger than those in Europe, and the size of the “primate” city [...]
One of my favorite new blogs, Rationalitate brought up a topic that I have spent much time thinking about, The Great Depression and Public Roads:
In a time before the widespread adoption of income and sales taxes, property taxes made up the lion’s share of local government revenues: two-thirds of all revenue according to Dick Netzer, [...]
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