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“The vacated homes were substantially cheaper than the new units and spanned diverse locations and housing types.”
When people move into new housing developments, they free up space in older housing. This is good for housing affordability and availability.
When people move into new housing developments, they free up space in older housing. This is good for housing affordability and availability.
Interesting new working paper that studies chains of movers after the construction of a new apartment building in Honolulu.
Paper finds that the project resulted in the opening up other, lower cost, housing on the island, benefiting the housing market overall.
Paper finds that the project resulted in the opening up other, lower cost, housing on the island, benefiting the housing market overall.
uhero.hawaii.edu
November 28, 2025 at 4:14 PM
“The vacated homes were substantially cheaper than the new units and spanned diverse locations and housing types.”
When people move into new housing developments, they free up space in older housing. This is good for housing affordability and availability.
When people move into new housing developments, they free up space in older housing. This is good for housing affordability and availability.
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Interesting new working paper that studies chains of movers after the construction of a new apartment building in Honolulu.
Paper finds that the project resulted in the opening up other, lower cost, housing on the island, benefiting the housing market overall.
Paper finds that the project resulted in the opening up other, lower cost, housing on the island, benefiting the housing market overall.
uhero.hawaii.edu
November 28, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Interesting new working paper that studies chains of movers after the construction of a new apartment building in Honolulu.
Paper finds that the project resulted in the opening up other, lower cost, housing on the island, benefiting the housing market overall.
Paper finds that the project resulted in the opening up other, lower cost, housing on the island, benefiting the housing market overall.
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The Labour government after coming in loudly proclaiming that it will squeeze migration numbers to assuage Right wing voters will quickly find itself scrambling to import the skilled migrants that Right wing voters need just like every previous UK government in the last 20 years.
November 28, 2025 at 2:09 PM
The Labour government after coming in loudly proclaiming that it will squeeze migration numbers to assuage Right wing voters will quickly find itself scrambling to import the skilled migrants that Right wing voters need just like every previous UK government in the last 20 years.
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NEW: Data released today shows the Canadian economy returning to normal growth after the massive trade-war hit in Q2, with GDP growing 2.6% annualized in the third quarter
Consumption dropped & investment/government activity were flat though—the entire rebound was in net exports
Consumption dropped & investment/government activity were flat though—the entire rebound was in net exports
November 28, 2025 at 1:46 PM
NEW: Data released today shows the Canadian economy returning to normal growth after the massive trade-war hit in Q2, with GDP growing 2.6% annualized in the third quarter
Consumption dropped & investment/government activity were flat though—the entire rebound was in net exports
Consumption dropped & investment/government activity were flat though—the entire rebound was in net exports
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me: towers are good
them: no, we need nice 4-6 storey, human scale buildings
me: we do! let’s rezone the city so we can get 4-6 storeys everywhere
them: oh no, not like that
them: no, we need nice 4-6 storey, human scale buildings
me: we do! let’s rezone the city so we can get 4-6 storeys everywhere
them: oh no, not like that
November 27, 2025 at 3:56 AM
me: towers are good
them: no, we need nice 4-6 storey, human scale buildings
me: we do! let’s rezone the city so we can get 4-6 storeys everywhere
them: oh no, not like that
them: no, we need nice 4-6 storey, human scale buildings
me: we do! let’s rezone the city so we can get 4-6 storeys everywhere
them: oh no, not like that
Interesting take. But I'm not convinced (yet)
Mark Carney managed to trade a pipeline that will never get built for meaningful progress on industrial carbon pricing and electricity interties — both of which will get more wind and solar built.
Remember when people thought he wasn't good at politics? www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/27/o...
Remember when people thought he wasn't good at politics? www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/27/o...
The method to Mark Carney’s madness
The memorandum of understanding with Alberta might look like surrender. Look closer
www.nationalobserver.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Interesting take. But I'm not convinced (yet)
My take is that the pipeline MOU is a deal with the devil made by a minority government for perceived political advantage.
Will it work? I'm skeptical, but it's possible.
FTR I don't think a pipeline will actually get built, though that doesn't mean damage won't be done.
Will it work? I'm skeptical, but it's possible.
FTR I don't think a pipeline will actually get built, though that doesn't mean damage won't be done.
November 27, 2025 at 9:53 PM
My take is that the pipeline MOU is a deal with the devil made by a minority government for perceived political advantage.
Will it work? I'm skeptical, but it's possible.
FTR I don't think a pipeline will actually get built, though that doesn't mean damage won't be done.
Will it work? I'm skeptical, but it's possible.
FTR I don't think a pipeline will actually get built, though that doesn't mean damage won't be done.
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Of the major combatants in WW1, France was the only one had both universal male suffrage and a government responsible to parliament.
November 27, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Of the major combatants in WW1, France was the only one had both universal male suffrage and a government responsible to parliament.
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Huh, I wonder if there were any other parts of the world where increases in state capacity and technological complexity came decades or maybe even centuries before broad increases in input-legitimacy-based state accountability.
November 27, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Huh, I wonder if there were any other parts of the world where increases in state capacity and technological complexity came decades or maybe even centuries before broad increases in input-legitimacy-based state accountability.
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Politico reports that Marco Rubio has informed European allies that the United States wants a peace deal before offering any security guarantee to Ukraine, a plan experts describe as “giving someone a parachute after they hit the ground.”
November 27, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Politico reports that Marco Rubio has informed European allies that the United States wants a peace deal before offering any security guarantee to Ukraine, a plan experts describe as “giving someone a parachute after they hit the ground.”
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What happens when you downzone?
Our new open-access research paper in @findingspress.org investigates effects of decades of downzoning in Chicago.
Findings:
—Downzoned areas added 1/7th of the new units as comparable non-downzoned areas;
—Downzoned areas became more white & were more expensive.
Our new open-access research paper in @findingspress.org investigates effects of decades of downzoning in Chicago.
Findings:
—Downzoned areas added 1/7th of the new units as comparable non-downzoned areas;
—Downzoned areas became more white & were more expensive.
Downzoning Chicago: How Local Land Use Policy Has Reduced Housing Construction and Reinforced Segregation | Published in Findings
By Yonah Freemark, George Kisiel. Downzonings were used by US cities in the postwar period to preserve neighborhood character. These land-use policies were associated with lower housing supply, higher...
findingspress.org
November 26, 2025 at 8:33 PM
What happens when you downzone?
Our new open-access research paper in @findingspress.org investigates effects of decades of downzoning in Chicago.
Findings:
—Downzoned areas added 1/7th of the new units as comparable non-downzoned areas;
—Downzoned areas became more white & were more expensive.
Our new open-access research paper in @findingspress.org investigates effects of decades of downzoning in Chicago.
Findings:
—Downzoned areas added 1/7th of the new units as comparable non-downzoned areas;
—Downzoned areas became more white & were more expensive.
Am I off base or is the Guardian choosing to reference GoT here kind of bizarre and insulting lol
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Denmark sets up ‘night watch’ to monitor Trump after Greenland row
US president’s threat to seize territory prompts intelligence briefings reminiscent of Game of Thrones patrol
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Am I off base or is the Guardian choosing to reference GoT here kind of bizarre and insulting lol
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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Change in dwellings 2016-2021. The peninsula cannot be allowed to stay stagnant. Not while the outer suburbs boom
November 26, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Change in dwellings 2016-2021. The peninsula cannot be allowed to stay stagnant. Not while the outer suburbs boom
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Today's migration stats illustrate the migration doom loop in action...
(from my presentation at the IMF last week)
(from my presentation at the IMF last week)
November 27, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Today's migration stats illustrate the migration doom loop in action...
(from my presentation at the IMF last week)
(from my presentation at the IMF last week)
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I’m good with this. They won’t be ordering any more. They won’t be paying to store product while it just gathers dust. And they say they’ll give any net profit to Feed Nova Scotia.
Province to Sell Remaining U.S. Alcohol news.novascotia.ca/en/2025/11/2...
Province to Sell Remaining U.S. Alcohol
news.novascotia.ca
November 27, 2025 at 1:21 PM
I’m good with this. They won’t be ordering any more. They won’t be paying to store product while it just gathers dust. And they say they’ll give any net profit to Feed Nova Scotia.
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For my American followers:
In the "Sliding Doors" like upside down alternative reality that is Australia the Centre Left union normie party passed permitting reform with the Greens. Fossil Lobbyists pushed their luck and got cut out of the deal while the right party imploded.
In the "Sliding Doors" like upside down alternative reality that is Australia the Centre Left union normie party passed permitting reform with the Greens. Fossil Lobbyists pushed their luck and got cut out of the deal while the right party imploded.
The Greens, Labor, and the environment all scored a win today — it's a lesson in how politics *should* work
The Greens are clearly still concerned about being seen as uncooperative. Today’s deal is a reminder that this is how things get done.
www.crikey.com.au
November 27, 2025 at 2:04 AM
For my American followers:
In the "Sliding Doors" like upside down alternative reality that is Australia the Centre Left union normie party passed permitting reform with the Greens. Fossil Lobbyists pushed their luck and got cut out of the deal while the right party imploded.
In the "Sliding Doors" like upside down alternative reality that is Australia the Centre Left union normie party passed permitting reform with the Greens. Fossil Lobbyists pushed their luck and got cut out of the deal while the right party imploded.
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NEW: The New York Times got a State Dept. cable in which Rubio orders diplomats in Europe, Canada, Australia and New Zealand to press for immigration limits and cite crime. They’re also told to report on governments that are pro-immigration. Our story: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
U.S. to Press Europe and Other Allies on ‘Mass Migration,’ Document Says
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:28 PM
NEW: The New York Times got a State Dept. cable in which Rubio orders diplomats in Europe, Canada, Australia and New Zealand to press for immigration limits and cite crime. They’re also told to report on governments that are pro-immigration. Our story: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
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It’s worth noting that NYC’s labor unions were some of Menin’s strongest backers (and endorsed Cuomo in the primary).
it really makes me sad that so many unions in NYC are so conservative
it really makes me sad that so many unions in NYC are so conservative
November 26, 2025 at 7:41 PM
It’s worth noting that NYC’s labor unions were some of Menin’s strongest backers (and endorsed Cuomo in the primary).
it really makes me sad that so many unions in NYC are so conservative
it really makes me sad that so many unions in NYC are so conservative
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you should support liberal currents!
November 26, 2025 at 4:02 PM
you should support liberal currents!
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“Small countries must tiptoe around the sensibilities of big violent nuclear powers or else they’ll get what’s coming to them“ is a bizarre kind of brain worms that often passes itself off as anti-imperialism.
Nearly always said by people from nuclear power bully countries like the US or Russia!
Nearly always said by people from nuclear power bully countries like the US or Russia!
Now consider that if Ireland continues to more aggressively align themselves with western interests (which have a positively amazing record of respecting national sovreignty) what would an opposing power feel the need to do to that subordinate state?
November 26, 2025 at 3:21 PM
“Small countries must tiptoe around the sensibilities of big violent nuclear powers or else they’ll get what’s coming to them“ is a bizarre kind of brain worms that often passes itself off as anti-imperialism.
Nearly always said by people from nuclear power bully countries like the US or Russia!
Nearly always said by people from nuclear power bully countries like the US or Russia!
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Mark Kelly on Kimmel:
Says he found out about Trump calling for his death when he was in SCIF - where you can’t bring your phone - when an aide brought in a note to his senate colleague Elissa Slotkin saying “the President is calling for your execution.”
Says he found out about Trump calling for his death when he was in SCIF - where you can’t bring your phone - when an aide brought in a note to his senate colleague Elissa Slotkin saying “the President is calling for your execution.”
November 26, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Mark Kelly on Kimmel:
Says he found out about Trump calling for his death when he was in SCIF - where you can’t bring your phone - when an aide brought in a note to his senate colleague Elissa Slotkin saying “the President is calling for your execution.”
Says he found out about Trump calling for his death when he was in SCIF - where you can’t bring your phone - when an aide brought in a note to his senate colleague Elissa Slotkin saying “the President is calling for your execution.”
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That is also NIMBYism lol
NEW PAPER w/ @cselmendorf.bsky.social & @jkalla.bsky.social:
An under-appreciated reason why voters oppose dense new housing, especially in less-dense neighborhoods: they think it looks ugly and want to prevent that, even in other neighborhoods.
Some of what we think is NIMBYism might not be!
An under-appreciated reason why voters oppose dense new housing, especially in less-dense neighborhoods: they think it looks ugly and want to prevent that, even in other neighborhoods.
Some of what we think is NIMBYism might not be!
November 25, 2025 at 11:24 PM
That is also NIMBYism lol
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Making sure developers don’t make a dime is more important than building homes for people
November 26, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Making sure developers don’t make a dime is more important than building homes for people