Employment is increasingly concentrating, and a few cities lead the way The Brookings Institution’s Metropolitan Policy Program has a new report out, Where jobs are concentrating and why it matters to cities and regions” looking
Job Density: A new metric for urban economies Read Post »
The case for using tax increment financing for affordable housing in gentrifying neighborhoods The problem with gentrification is that rising property values may make it expensive or impossible for lower and moderate income residents to
A solution for displacement: TIF for affordable housing Read Post »
Perishable, special, and local: The economics of unique and fleeting experiences Friday night on Twitter, Paul Krugman waxed poetic about fruit and economic theory. Krugman is back from Europe, and thirsting for summer fruits coming
Fruit and economics: Riffing on Krugman Read Post »
What City Observatory did this week 1. Myth-busting:Â Building new market rate housing doesn’t drive up nearby rents. A favorite assertion of some housing supply-side skeptics is the theory that building new market rate housing
The Week Observed, June 7, 2019 Read Post »
What City Observatory did this week 1. The economics of fruit, time, and place. Last week, Paul Krugman, fresh off his European vacation, waxed poetic about the fleeting joy of summer fruit, and true to
The Week Observed, June 14, 2019 Read Post »
New data from TomTom shows Portland number one nationally in reducing traffic congestion: Where’s the celebration? Portland chalked up the biggest reduction in traffic congestion of any city in the US over the past year.
Portland is winning the fight against congestion! Read Post »
