All these different players trying to "plan" economic growth could end up smothering it. Instead of letting the developer take the risk, politicians want to play hero.NY Times: West Side Redevelopment Plans in DisarrayCurbed: West Side Doom & Gloom: Moynihan the Key for Megaprojects … [Read more...]
Sowell: Green “Disparate Impact”
NIMBYism and exclusionary zoning has helped "preserve the character" of desirable urban areas by driving out the economically unfortunate.Green Disparate Impact … [Read more...]
Video: Gridlock
Drew Carey discusses private alternatives to socialized highways that promote sprawl. … [Read more...]
WSJ: The Rise of the Mega-Region
Richard Florida makes the case for trade, transit and density, while discouraging policies of wealth transfers among regions:http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120796112300309601.html?mod=opinion_main_commentaries … [Read more...]
Planetizen: Economists vs. Planners? Complements, Not Substitutes
Samuel Staley of The Reason Foundation discusses the relationship between planning and economics at Planetizen:http://www.planetizen.com/node/30142 … [Read more...]
Introducing: Market Urbanism
In this blog I intend to introduce free market thought to urbanists, and introduce urbanism to market advocates. I also hope to incorporate some ideas relating to environmentalism in the built environment.Through my personal inquiry, I have concluded that free market advocates and urbanists … [Read more...]