After a long, slow recovery, wages are finally rising for the lowest-paid workers, but we’re no where close to rectifying our inequality problem; in fact, it’s going to get worse. The very smart Jed Kolko,
Is inequality over? Read Post »
Churn means that lots of businesses, even large ones, aren’t around forever Many of our discussions of the economy are based on simple, and often largely static mental models of the economy. In a good
A constant state of change: turnover in business establishments Read Post »
A proposed freeway widening project will tear out one of Portland’s most used bike routes At City Observatory, were putting a local Portland-area proposed freeway widening project under a microscope, in part because we think
The death of Flint Street Read Post »
What City Observatory did this week 1. Uber and Lyft: A dynamic duo(poly)? The continued growth of the ride-hailing industry has been something we’ve followed closely. New data show that in most major markets across
The Week Observed, December 1, 2017 Read Post »
Congestion pricing is a win-win strategy and the only way to truly reduce traffic congestion The urban transportation problem is a hardy perennial: no matter how many lanes we add to urban freeways, traffic congestion
Remember: There’s no such thing as a “Free” way Read Post »
Is it better to build affordable housing in low income neighborhoods, or higher income neighborhoods? A recent study has run the numbers, and argues that social welfare is optimized by putting affordable housing in very
Where should low-income housing go? Read Post »
