Peter Gordon's Blog

A blog exploring the intersection of economic thinking and urban planning/real estate development and related big-think themes.

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Planning for the future? : Alan Pisarski testified to a House sub-committee hearing on the reauthorization of the omnibus transportation bill....
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Nov 20
Shedding light : Speaking of cool data, everyone has seen the famous satellite shot of lights for North v South Korea....
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Nov 20
A Federal Govt Program You Have to Like : The Census Bureau abandoned its long-form questionnaire from the decennial census, but switched to annual (American Community Survey) surveys that cover the same ground (and more)....
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Nov 14
LA story : Friday's LA Times reported "Gold Line links downtown to East LA ......
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Nov 12
Who's counting? : Ken Orski reports the following:In a revealing article that should be required reading for smart growth advocates everywhere, Gerrit-Jan Knaap, executive director of the National Center for Smart Grow...
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Nov 8
Still dull and boring : Richard Florida has had some success helping urban economics and urban geography (and related fields) shed their dull and boring images....
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Nov 5
Many densities, many foods : My favorite LA novel is The Tortilla Curtain by TC Boyle....
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Nov 3
Was Ayn Rand boorish? : The November (2009) Reason includes "Are Property Rights Enough? Should libertarians care about cultural values? A reason debate"....
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Oct 31
Never easy being green : Everyone knows that social engineering is hard work. But look at this: "French Ideal of Bicycle-Sharing Meets Reality"....
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Oct 29
More from the "You can't make this stuff up" dept. : From today's WSJ: "Politicians Butt In at Bailed-Out GM" Read more below. Setting the salaries of a few senior execs on Wall Street is nothing....
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Oct 27
I wonder : Were there serious policy errors that led to the current economic crisis? Or did people on Wall Street suddenly (ca 2004) become extraordinarily greedy? Listen to this....
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Oct 27
Fun to read : The idea that "institutions matter" has been embraced by many economists and has garnered a bunch of Nobel prizes, including the most recent ones. Does culture matter? Dumb question?...
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Oct 27
Clunkers and reformers : Last night's 60-minutes included a segment on Medicare fraud....
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