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World Megacities: Densities Fall as they Become Larger There is
World Megacities: Densities Fall as they Become Larger There is an impression, both in the press and among some urban analysts that as cities become ...

U.S. Economy Needs Hardhats Not Nerds The blue team may have
U.S. Economy Needs Hardhats Not Nerds The blue team may have lost the political battle last year, but with the rapid fall of oil and commodity prices...

Obama Pushes the Pace of Policy With his recent series of
Obama Pushes the Pace of Policy With his recent series of executive actions on U.S. policies ranging from climate to energy, immigration and, most re...

The Inevitability of Tradeoffs, or Understanding New England’s
The Inevitability of Tradeoffs, or Understanding New England’s Sky High Energy Costs People advance two main sorts of arguments in favor of things ...

Californias Rebound Mostly Slow, Unsteady California, after
Californias Rebound Mostly Slow, Unsteady California, after nearly five years in recession, has made something of a comeback in recent years. Job gro...

Time to Bring Back the Truman Democrats Once giants walked this
Time to Bring Back the Truman Democrats Once giants walked this earth, and some of them were Democrats. In sharp contrast to the thin gruel that pass...

Good Enough Urbanism: Faster, Cheaper, Smarter There’s plenty
Good Enough Urbanism: Faster, Cheaper, Smarter There’s plenty of blight out there. Inner city blight, failing suburban blight, long lost rural smal...

Gray Shadow Looms Over Home of Youth Culture Southern
Gray Shadow Looms Over Home of Youth Culture Southern California, like the rest of America and, indeed, the higher-income world, is getting older, ra...