Housing

February 2025

• Feb 21, 2025ExplainersExploring the Root Causes of the Housing CrisisHousing costs have outrun incomes for decades. The cause is not mysterious: zoning restrictions, NIMBYism, and political economy that...15 MIN6.6k
• Feb 19, 2025ExplainersUnderstanding Urban Planning: Zoning and City DevelopmentHow does urban planning work? Explore zoning laws, housing scarcity, Jane Jacobs vs Le Corbusier, Robert Moses, transit-oriented development, and...19 MIN3.9k

May 2024

• May 21, 2024CultureExplaining the Global Housing Crisis and Its CausesHousing has become unaffordable in cities worldwide. Economic research from Glaeser, Gyourko, Hsieh, and Moretti explains why zoning restrictions,...16 MIN4.5k
• May 18, 2024CultureUrbanization and Its Economic Implications for CitiesEdward Glaeser calls cities humanity's greatest invention. With 68% of the world urbanizing by 2050, explore the economics of agglomeration, the...15 MIN6.0k

March 2024

• Mar 2, 2024ConceptsWhat Is Urban Planning?Urban planning shapes how cities grow, who benefits from that growth, and who gets displaced.16 MIN4.5k

August 2023

• Aug 8, 2023ConceptsAnalyzing Renting vs Buying a Home with Key MetricsThe rent vs buy debate settled with math: price-to-rent ratios, the 5% rule, opportunity cost of a down payment, and when buying genuinely makes...18 MIN6.2k