Exploring the Root Causes of the Housing Crisis
Housing costs have outrun incomes for decades. The cause is not mysterious: zoning restrictions, NIMBYism, and political economy that...
February 2025
Understanding Urban Planning: Zoning and City Development
How does urban planning work? Explore zoning laws, housing scarcity, Jane Jacobs vs Le Corbusier, Robert Moses, transit-oriented development, and...
May 2024
Explaining the Global Housing Crisis and Its Causes
Housing has become unaffordable in cities worldwide. Economic research from Glaeser, Gyourko, Hsieh, and Moretti explains why zoning restrictions,...
Urbanization and Its Economic Implications for Cities
Edward Glaeser calls cities humanity's greatest invention. With 68% of the world urbanizing by 2050, explore the economics of agglomeration, the...
March 2024
What Is Urban Planning?
Urban planning shapes how cities grow, who benefits from that growth, and who gets displaced.
August 2023
Analyzing Renting vs Buying a Home with Key Metrics
The 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...