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Market Urbanism MUsings March 4, 2016

March 4, 2016 By Adam Hengels

1. Where's Scott?Scott Beyer spent his second week in the Oklahoma City area, finding a place in the relatively wealthy northern college suburb of Edmond, OK. This week he wrote for Governing about New Orleans' music noise issue, and profiled a man in Forbes who escaped Cuba by raft for … [Read more...]

Filed Under: MUsings Tagged With: alain bertaud, Chicago, Cuba, eminent domain, Maryland, Miami, Oklahoma City, parking, Philadelphia, SRO, Transportation, William Fischel

Market Urbanism MUsings: February 26, 2016

February 26, 2016 By Adam Hengels

1. This week at Market Urbanism:Nolan Gray contributed a post Who Plans?: Jane Jacobs’ Hayekian critique of urban planning discussing Jacobs' three arguments against central planning: Hayek and Jacobs defended the importance of local knowledge, illustrated the power of decentralized planning, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: MUsings Tagged With: Chicago, Detroit, eminent domain, filtering, Friedrich Hayek, Jane Jacobs, Los Angeles, Oklahoma City, San Francisco

Market Urbanism MUsings: February 19, 2016

February 19, 2016 By Adam Hengels

1. This week at Market Urbanism:Shanu Athiparambath has his first post on the blog via Scott Beyer: Economist David Friedman Says India Must Go Taller to Make Homes Affordable I remember my father saying that when he visited India in the 1950s and 1960s, bureaucrats in Delhi made arguments for … [Read more...]

Filed Under: MUsings Tagged With: David Friedman, India, london, Miami, Oklahoma City

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