Cities are critical to expanding the circle of “us” and generating the new ideas that propel progress In October, Paul Romer was awarded the Nobel Prize in the Economic Sciences for his work on technology
Cities, Ideas and Us: Paul Romer’s Nobel Address Read Post »
What City Observatory did for the past two weeks Alert followers will know the City Observatory has been preoccupied for the past two weeks; we’re filling in with a “Two-Weeks Observed” edition this week, and
The Week Observed, December 7, 2018 Read Post »
Some commonly used “rules of thumb” produce very bad results We all know and use rules of thumb. They’re handy for simplifying otherwise difficult problems and quickly making reasonably prudent decisions. We know that we
When planning rules of thumb are “all thumbs” Read Post »
