• About
    • Links to Articles, Academic Papers and Books
  • Market Urbansim Podcast
  • Adam Hengels
  • Stephen Smith
  • Emily Hamilton
  • Jeff Fong
  • Nolan Gray
  • Contact

Market Urbanism

Liberalizing cities | From the bottom up

“Market Urbanism” refers to the synthesis of classical liberal economics and ethics (market), with an appreciation of the urban way of life and its benefits to society (urbanism). We advocate for the emergence of bottom up solutions to urban issues, as opposed to ones imposed from the top down.
  • Email
  • Facebook
  • Linkedin
  • RSS
  • Twitter
  • Podcast
  • Economics
  • housing
  • planning
  • Transportation
  • zoning
  • Urban[ism] Legends
  • How to Fight Gentrification

California’s Water Resources vs Development

June 9, 2008 By Adam Hengels

There are some good articles out there this morning, I want to share them with you...Rationalitate - California developments halted over waterWhile the knee-jerk libertarian reaction might be disgust, I think the markets are probably ruined by the government, and current pricing isn't what … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: California, development, Economics, impact fees, water, water rights

New Feature: Threaded Comments

June 6, 2008 By Adam Hengels

I added a new feature thanks to suggestions from Freshy SEO. Comments are now threaded, so you can reply directly to another commenter.Let me know what you think, or if you have any problems. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: threaded comments, wordpress

Friday Humor: White People in Portland

May 30, 2008 By Adam Hengels

Loyal reader, Bill tipped me off to this blog and I've subscribed to the feed ever since. Today's post was particularly relevant:White People in the News - May 30, 2008Isn't this photo classic?The comments on the blog are always fun to read too... … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: gentrification, portland

Urgent: Kanye West May Die Without This Condo

May 1, 2008 By Adam Hengels

It's a beautiful project. I sure hope he gets his condo! Wouldn't it be great if more entertainers joined in the fight to allow urban density instead of other silly stuff?Kanye's Blog: HAVE YOU EVER SEEN SOMETHING SO GOOD YOU THOUGH YOU'D DIE WITHOUT IT?More articles on HL23 on … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Condo, highline, kanye west, nyc

Recent Links 4/24/08: PA Turnpike, NYC Rezoning, Tudor City NIMBYs, Houston Zoning

April 24, 2008 By Adam Hengels

Out of Control blog: Terms of Potential PA Turnpike Lease AnnouncedCurbed NYC 4/22/08: Developer-Driven Rezoning Prepares to Enter RingAMNY 4/24/08: Residents fight Tudor City development Curbed NYC 4/24/08: Neighborhood Love: Tudor City Residents Suing to Block SolowHouston … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Houston, NIMBY, nyc, pa turnpike, rezoning, Tudor City

Are Late-Night Speakeasies on their way to NYC?

April 17, 2008 By Adam Hengels

Somebody tell the mob, there's a new prohibition in town:From the New York Sun: 4 A.M. Last Calls Could Be Headed The Way of Smoky BarsAlthough they have no authority to mandate hours, Community Boards have tightened their grip on late night establishments. Of course, they claim to be … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Curbed, manhattan, nyc, prohibition

Introducing: Market Urbanism

April 13, 2008 By Adam Hengels

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...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized

  • « Previous Page
  • 1
  • …
  • 29
  • 30
  • 31

Market Urbanism Podcast

Connect With Us

  • Email
  • Facebook
  • Linkedin
  • RSS
  • Twitter

Recent Posts

  • Mini review: Vanishing New York, by Jeremiah Moss
  • The Distorting Effects of Transportation Subsidies
  • The Rent is Too High and the Commute is Too Long: We Need Market Urbanism
  • The Progressive Roots of Zoning
  • “Curb Rights” at 20: A Summary and Review
  • High Rents: Are Construction Costs the Culprit?
  • Cities Should Not Design for Autonomous Vehicles
  • Does Density Raise Housing Prices?
  • The “Geographically Constrained Cities” Fantasy
  • The Role for State Preemption of Local Zoning
  • Exempting Suburbia: How suburban sprawl gets special treatment in our tax code
  • old posts
My Tweets

Market Sites Urbanists should check out

  • Cafe Hayek
  • Culture of Congestion
  • Environmental and Urban Economics
  • Foundation for Economic Education
  • Let A Thousand Nations Bloom
  • Marginal Revolution
  • Mike Munger | Kids Prefer Cheese
  • Neighborhood Effects
  • New Urbs
  • NYU Stern Urbanization Project
  • Peter Gordon's Blog
  • The Beacon
  • ThinkMarkets

Urbanism Sites capitalists should check out

  • Austin Contrarian
  • City Comforts
  • City Notes | Daniel Kay Hertz
  • Discovering Urbanism
  • Emergent Urbanism
  • Granola Shotgun
  • Old Urbanist
  • Pedestrian Observations
  • Planetizen Radar
  • Reinventing Parking
  • streetsblog
  • Strong Towns
  • Systemic Failure
  • The Micro Maker
  • The Urbanophile

Meta

  • Log in
  • Entries RSS
  • Comments RSS
  • WordPress.org

Copyright © 2025 Market Urbanism