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June 2024

Don Quixote's Fried Eggs: Purpose Of A System Is What It Does
“And he who has shown the greatest longing for him has been the great Emperor of China, who wrote me a letter in Chinese a month ago and sent it by a…
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Dave Deek
United States: Expanded Child Tax Credit improved Parents' Mental Health
Unconditional cash transfers are a key tool to combat America's mental health crisis
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Dave Deek
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England: Local Restrictions, Local Monopolies, & Construction Lags
The slow rate at which residential construction sites are built out in England, known as "construction lags" or "build-out rates," has important…
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Dave Deek
Quebec, Canada: Higher Parental Insurance/Parental Leave Boost Birthrates
A study (Policy and Fertility, a Case Study of the Quebec Parental Insurance Plan by Benoît Laplante) finds that Quebec's implementation of its own…
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Dave Deek
Finland: Local Land Policies & Housing Supply's Responsiveness
A new study (Advancing understanding of the linkages between local land policy interventions and the responsiveness of housing supply: Intervention…
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Dave Deek
Miyazaki Might Be Right: Cases of A Town, A City, A Province, & A Country That Boosted Birth Rates
"Rather than looking at how to stimulate domestic demand by building bridges or roads, we should provide a proper environment for our future generations…
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Dave Deek
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Ireland: Housing supply more responsive to costs than prices
A paper (Housing prices, costs, and policy: The housing supply equation in Ireland since 1970 from Maximilian Günnewig-Mönert and Ronan C. Lyons…
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Dave Deek

May 2024

American Singapore(s): Competent city governance hiding in plain sight
Everyone talks about Singapore as an effective (but some say cold) governance model. Many people wish that American cities and towns could follow…
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Dave Deek
Thank You <3: Half Year Thoughts, Wishes, & Lessons
What we have done We've been working to provide a consistent source of focused news on two critical issues affecting Millennials and younger…
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Houston: 2013 Minimum Lot Size Reform & Land Prices
According to a 2024 working paper (The Effects of Minimum-Lot-Size Reform on Houston Land Values by Emily Hamilton), a 2013 change that substantially…
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Dave Deek
China: Hukou, House Prices, and Birth Rates
A new study (The Effect of House Prices on Fertility: Evidence from House Purchase Restrictions by Ziqian Liu and Yu Zhang) has uncovered a significant…
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Dave Deek
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