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Without getting too political on inauguration day, I’d like to share a positive video featuring our new President that urbanists should appreciate, regardless of political persuasion: Let’s hope President Obama keeps Jane Jacobs’ lessons of spontaneous order from The Death and Life of Great American Cities in mind as he makes economic decisions. While on the subject [...] January 20th, 2009 | Tags: Barack Obama, Jane Jacobs, video | Category: Economics, Jane Jacobs, planning, video | Comments |
 printable viewI guess I must not be hip enough to have known about this beforehand, but there’s a very interesting citywide event happening here in New York today called Park(ing) Day. All throughout New York City, people are reclaiming parking spaces for their street-side enjoyment. It’s a very novel idea that helps convey a [...] September 19th, 2008 | Tags: Market, nyc, parking, parking spaces, video | Category: Transportation, parking, planning | Comments |
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 | Comments |
printable viewThis post has been released as the first in a four part series: Rent Control Part One: Microeconomics Lesson and Hoarding Rent Control Part Two: Black Market, Deterioration, and Discrimination Rent Control Part Three: Mobility, Regional Growth, Development, and Class Conflict [...] May 21st, 2008 | Tags: Assar Lindbeck, bombing, California, Economics, Free-market, housing, landlord, microeconomics, nyc, Professor Richard McKenzie, proposition 98, rent, rent control, rent stabilization, rent-regulated, Richard McKenzie, San Francisco, tenant, video | Category: rent control | Comments |
printable viewWatch it right here: And also, Kunstler on oil & suburbia: Not 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 | Comments |
printable viewDrew Carey discusses private alternatives to socialized highways that promote sprawl. April 13th, 2008 | Tags: congestion, Drew Carey, Gridlock, highways, LA, privatization, reason, sprawl, tolls, video | Category: Transportation, sprawl, video | Comments |
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