A Real Grand Bargain: Leave Single-Family Alone!
Let’s face it, zoning is obsolete; it’s a 20th century solution to a 19th century problem, the encroachment of intense and messy uses of land next to less intense uses of land. In the last century, almost a 100 years ago, toxic industrial uses and people shared the same block. Zoning was initially a kind […]
Folkenomics: The Mything Middle
A recent editorial I came across, “Election Season Reveals Rampant Economic Illiteracy Among Voters,” bemoans what I’ve been noticing for years: a deep and wide ignorance and rejection of basic economic principles among the American public and more specifically, voters. The article fails to put together a very good argument, instead it points to relevant […]
Sonja Trauss on MIZ: What’s Actually Going to Happen
Last Thursday one of my heros, Sonja Trauss, was in town because I invited her to speak at the Seattle Builders Council dinner. We all had a good time. And Trauss did not disappoint with her presentation, challenging the audience to talk differently about housing, and profit, and how we need more housing to solve […]
