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The banks aren’t beating first time buyers – It’s the NIMBYs.

September 13, 2021 By Tom Spencer

A few weeks ago the Times reported that Lloyds Banking Group had purchased 45 new homes to let in Peterborough. This is part of a plan for Lloyds to own 50,000 homes by 2031. Given the median home in the City is now worth over 7 times the annual earnings of the typical resident, it is understandable … [Read more...]

Filed Under: planning, zoning Tagged With: Britain, housing affordability

Prince Charles on urbanism: the good and the bad

January 14, 2011 By Stephen Smith

Prince Charles, perhaps the world's most famous urbanist, on Dharavi, which he's planning to replicate in either Calcutta or Bangalore: Unlike the ‘fragmented, deconstructed housing estates’ built in the West, the slum has ‘order and harmony’ he claimed, adding: ‘We have a great deal to learn about … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Britain, India

Unintended Consequences of Stop Signs

July 6, 2008 By Adam Hengels

The 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. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Transportation, video Tagged With: Britain, inattentional blindness, signs, traffic, unintended consequences

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