Economy

Figures Say Things Look Good, But Don't Account For Slumping Economy

New census figures have been released, showing a rise in median household income and more people with health insurance. But experts warn that the figures do not account for the recent slump in the economy.

August 28, 2008 - The Seattle Times

Mexicans, Machines and Place

The newest Drew Carey video at Reason.tv—Mexicans and Machines: Why Its Time to Lay Off NAFTA—is (IMHO) brilliant, and triggered more than a couple of thoughts about how technology and progress creates practical challenges for planning.

July 9, 2008 - Samuel Staley

Beyond the Backyard Garden: Urban Agriculture

Thanks to industrialized agriculture, there’s a wide gulf between those who produce food and those who consume it. Too many city-dwellers lack access to nutritious, non-processed foods. Dave Steel thinks that urban agriculture is the key.

June 11, 2008 - The Next American City

Despite Downturn, Landscape Architects Keep Busy

A national survey shows that despite the depression in the housing market, landscape architects across the U.S. continue to get work.

May 23, 2008 - Daily Journal of Commerce, Portland, OR

Bankrupt City Could Serve As Model

The northern California city of Vallejo has declared bankruptcy, becoming one of few cities and the largest in the state to do so. Other struggling cities are watching closely to see if the strategy helps to save the city.

May 13, 2008 - The San Francisco Chronicle

Irvine, Former Subprime Capital, Struggles in Wake of Meltdown

While housing markets in the rest of the country reel from the mortgage crisis, Irvine, the city that was once home to 18 subprime lenders, is seeing its local economy suffer as the effects of high profile bankruptcies ripples to other businesses.

March 29, 2008 - CNN Money

Slowdown Offers Chance to Rethink Growth

The economic slowdown has caused a slowdown in growth, even in the Salt Lake City area -- recently one of the nation's fastest growing regions. This editorial calls on officials to use the slowdown as a chance to reconsider the area's growth pattern.

March 24, 2008 - The Salt Lake Tribune

Will the Housing Bubble Swallow the Fed?

J.P. Morgan's federally-back purchase of Bear Stearns holds billions in dubious "mortgage backed securities," and Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are pumping hundreds of billions into the market. Time may be running out for the Federal Reserve.

March 20, 2008 - The Huffington Post

Economy Boosted By Renovated Buildings

Buildings are being renovated all over downtown Washington D.C., and as they rise so does the city's tax revenue.

March 19, 2008 - The Washington Post

Iraq War Spending: What Could We Have Built Instead?

Robert Pollin & Heidi Garrett-Peltier writing in The Nation show that the U.S. has spent hundreds of billions of dollars in Iraq that could have been much more productively invested in public goods like sustainable infrastructure.

March 18, 2008 - The Nation

'Vultures' Descend on Cheapened Properties

Housing price drops in cities like Miami have "vulture-like" buyers swooping in to snatch up properties.

March 10, 2008 - The Wall Street Journal

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