Fed’s Housing Ideas Won’t Fix Market
We shouldn't count on the housing market to carry America back into economic uplands.
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For over fifty years numerous public intellectuals and social theorists have insisted that community is dead.
Kevin White’s Best Legacy
Barney Frank’s impending exit from Congress is a milestone not just for him, but also for the remarkable set of civic leaders who came of age working with Boston Mayor Kevin White.
Review of Grotton Revisited…Planning in Crisis?
A Review of “Grotton Revisited…Planning in Crisis?â€
To Avoid Scandals, Auction off Casino Licenses
Are we in danger of forgetting the scene in “The Godfather, Part II,’’ where the odious Senator Geary demands $250,000 from Michael Corleone in exchange for a gaming license?
Make Drivers Pay for Driving
I strongly doubt that President Obama has a secret agenda to increase American oil consumption, but anyone who looks at his highway-heavy recovery spending plans might think he did.
Americans Met Attacks by Drawing on Strengths
In 1941, the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor ended American isolationism and brought our country into a global war that resulted in a colossal rebuilding effort and a long, postwar conflict with the S
Engines of Innovation
Crime, congestion and pollution mar all cities, from Los Angeles to Mumbai.
Cities, Productivity, and Quality of Life
Technological changes and improved electronic communications seem, paradoxically, to be making cities more, rather than less, important.
Children Without a State: A Global Human Rights Challenge
The first book to address children's statelessness and lack of legal status as a human rights issue. Children are among the most vulnerable citizens of the world, with a special need for the protecti
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