Coronavirus is a global economic catastrophe. By Ezra Klein@ezraklein Mar 23, 2020, 9:20am EDT As the COVID-19 pandemic worsens, it’s hard to decide which are scarier: the conversations I’m having with epidemiologists or the conversations I’m having with economists. “This is an economic… Read More »How the Covid-19 recession could become a depression
The country’s “well-being budget” emphasizes citizen happiness over capitalist gain. By Sigal Samuel We usually think of a country’s wealth or capital in terms of its financial bottom line: its gross domestic product. But New Zealand challenged the world to assess it in terms of a… Read More »Forget GDP — New Zealand is prioritizing gross national well-being
By Alex Burns and Rich Nymoen | 02/10/2020 Creating sustainable land use involves more than just planning. It also requires incentives. That’s why the North Star Chapter of the Sierra Club has joined with the Minnesota chapter of Common Ground USA to support state legislation that allows towns to create… Read More »Land Value Tax: A promising land-use tool proposed for our communities
By: Josie Faass, Executive Director Here in the northeast, the days are short and cold, and the respite of a good book and a warm cup of tea is hard to resist. But resist we must (unless it’s a book from our bookstore, then by… Read More »Winter is No Time to Hibernate
Approximately half of the luxury-condo units that have come onto the market in the past five years are still unsold. January 16, 2020 Derek Thompson Staff writer at The Atlantic In Manhattan, the homeless shelters are full, and the luxury skyscrapers are vacant. Such is… Read More »Why Manhattan’s Skyscrapers Are Empty
January 13, 20205:04 AM ET Heard on Morning Edition Eric Westervelt Charles Gibson pushes a shopping cart toward his soggy tent on a tenuous patch of a grassy drainage ditch along a bike trail in Santa Rosa, Calif. He’s one of nearly 200 people living… Read More »Sprawling Homeless Camps — Modern ‘Hoovervilles’ — Vex California
The world is being dredged of its natural resources, with much of what we rely on for our livelihoods at risk from a new threat: environmental crime (UNEP-INTERPOL report, 2016). Environmental crimes are widely recognized as among some of the most profitable forms of transnational… Read More »Environmental crimes are on the rise, so are efforts to prevent them
By Annalisa MerelliJanuary 4, 2020 Picture San Francisco. It has become, in recent years, the epitome of inequality: a city where the tech industry has brought incredible wealth, where the median price for a home is $1.3 million, yet 20% of the households earn just… Read More »US cities are growing more unequal between one another, and that’s bad for the country
How an e-waste sting uncovered a shocking betrayal By Colin Lecher@colinlecher Dec 4, 2019, 10:35am EST Jim Puckett got the messages from his “little lie detectors.” They were small devices, not much bigger than a deck of cards. Being GPS trackers, they also didn’t… Read More »American trash
The urban way of life is en route towards completely new frontiers. Within the past two decades, slews of new cities have appeared out of what seems like thin air. Places facing rapid urbanization and population growth have expressed this trend the most. Master-planned cities… Read More »The Future of Architecture: 7 Master Plans That Rethink the Way Cities Work
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