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9 June, 201623 March, 2016

No urban planning backseat drivers could have predicted San Francisco

A view of San Francisco at night.
Posted in San Francisco by s.e. smith

For every Gawker hit piece on San Francisco’s urban planning, the city’s rapid explosion was entirely unpredictable, and officials cannot entirely be blamed for failing to be prepared for it.

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11 May, 201229 February, 2012

Our Affordable Housing Policy Is Out of Whack

Posted in economy by s.e. smith

Affordable housing is a pretty basic need: People require places to live, ideally safe, clean places with access to running water and electricity. And yet, it’s proved fantastically difficult to provide in the United States, where land is a commodity and many people struggle to survive on low incomes. Consequently, the government has promoted all […]

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12 September, 201121 July, 2011

A Return to Old Ways: Big Loans Are Back (Were They Ever Gone?)

Posted in economy by s.e. smith

Big loans, financial publications inform us, are back. Indeed, they are even bargains; you, too, can pick up a jumbo loan at appealingly low interest, assuming you meet the standards to access the credit market, which is not in fact a given. The return of jumbo loans is being heralded in some corners as a […]

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