1. This week at Market Urbanism: Emily Washington champions Market Urbanist ideas on The Federalist radio hour Tory Gattis contributed How Houston Can Grow Gracefully: Snow White And The Nine DwarvesEach of these “villages” could comfortably grow to as much as a million people themselves, … [Read more...]

1. This week at Market Urbanism: Brent Gaisford contributed his first article, High Rent Sucks. Let’s Build More Houses and launched a new website: LA Rent Is Too Damned HighLet’s upzone our cities and build more houses. And not just a few. A lot. Let’s build a lot more houses.Jeff Fong … [Read more...]

1. This week at Market Urbanism: Emily Washington ties Adam Smith's ideas to urbanism in Mercantilist logic and land-use regulationAdam Smith taught the world that mercantilism impoverished 18th-century nations by erecting barriers to trade and reducing opportunities for specialization and … [Read more...]

 1. This week at Market Urbanism: Carolyn Zelikow of Aspen Institute wrote her first Market Urbanism article, Richard Florida Should Replace The Term ‘Creative Class’ With ‘Country Club’So I was shocked that reading Florida’s book not only gave me zero ideas for my own community, but … [Read more...]

1. This week at Market Urbanism: Nolan Gray Reclaiming “Redneck” Urbanism: What Urban Planners Can Learn From Trailer ParksTrailer parks remain one of the last forms of housing in US cities provided by the market explicitly for low-income residents. Better still, they offer a working example … [Read more...]

1. This week at Market Urbanism: Tory Gattis has an interesting take on the restaurant scene in HoustonCities like to hype amenities like museums and performing arts, but really, how often do you go to a museum or an arts performance? A few times a year? How often do you eat out? Hopefully … [Read more...]

1. This week at Market Urbanism: Michael Lewyn published his second MU article, Vouchers, Sprawl and Trade-Offs discussing the challenges to mitigating the "sprawl-generating machine" of the US public education systemA more market-oriented solution to the problem of sprawl-generating school … [Read more...]