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
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.
July 2022
Cobra Effect in Urban Planning: Infrastructure Failures
Why do highways increase traffic? Why does urban renewal destroy neighborhoods? Urban planning failures reveal what systems thinking teaches about...