Inequality – ethics or economics?
Distributional issues are at the heart of urban and regional policy. Most planners, for example, have clear and firm views (at least in their own minds) on the equity implications of their activities....
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Why do bankers make $quillions (and you don’t)?
Road pricing in London in the 18th century There’s an interesting discussion going on in the blogosphere right now about how Wall St made and lost so much money in the noughties. It started yesterday...
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Is equality of opportunity a myth?
The Great Gatsby Curve - Intergenerational social mobility and equality - graph by Miles Corac This remarkable exhibit shows the quaintly named “Great Gatsby Curve”. It indicates the economic prospects...
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Does equality of opportunity produce…..equality?
What if all of New York City were an Amusement Park? Federal MP Andrew Leigh has a vivid metaphor for describing inequality in Australia. He asks us to imagine a ladder in which each rung represents $1...
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How is wealth distributed?
Wealth inequality in America The video, Wealth inequality in America, is a more recent and more elaborate version of the simple chart I posted back at the start of 2011, The distribution of wealth:...
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A disparate collection of links for urbanists
Tom Tom congestion index, Sydney For the next three days only, the University of Chicago Press is offering a free download of Neil Sternberg’s exploration of America’s second city, You were never in...
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An Agglomeration of links for urbanists
If Manhattan's Central Park was in Brisbane...... Click to move it elsewhere Assorted links from around the traps: If Manhattan’s Central Park were in Brisbane, this is how much of Beautiful Brisbane...
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Book giveway! ‘Battlers & Billionaires’ by Andrew Leigh
The Urbanist is giving away two copies of Battlers and Billionaires THIS GIVEAWAY CLOSED AT MIDNIGHT FRIDAY 28 JUNE 2013 The author of the acclaimed Disconnected, Andrew Leigh, is releasing a new...
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Closes today! Win a copy of ‘Battlers and Billionaires’
Click on picture or the link below to go to the giveaway page THIS GIVEAWAY CLOSED AT MIDNIGHT FRIDAY 28 JUNE 2013 Follow this link to enter the competition.
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Do super-sized supermarkets cause obesity?
National obesity prevalence (BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2) and average supermarket store size (aisle length in metres) in eight countries Here’s an interesting study that finds an extraordinarily strong correlation...
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The Self-Driving Dilemma – we’re going to need to share autonomous vehicles Tobacco taxes are regressive – monster taxes are not the way to manage addictive drugs Why has crime dropped in most western...
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Pet dogs are the new must-have accessory at the smarter office The science of inequality: why people prefer unequal societies Who’s Choosing Bike Share Over the Bus? Better cities: Myths surrounding...
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The amount of work that once bought an hour of light now buys 51 years of it Alone time: It’s harder to make friends as you get older Counterintuitive outcome: What would happen if everyone in a room...
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Weekend reading July 1 2017
Why we don’t like they way buses are mostly implemented – Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) is something else altogether (source: PTUA) The strange power of weak ties Airport rail link can open up new...
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40 percent of the buildings in Manhattan could not be built today What does ‘community’ mean? Suburbs ‘swamped’ by Asians and Muslims? The data show a different story City planning suffers growth...
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Here’s a very powerful study that bolsters the lead-crime hypothesis Let’s get excited about infrastructure maintenance More car trips with autonomous vehicles? Australians are getting poorer – but it...
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A history of downtown road pricing Los Angeles bus service declined as rail expanded It’s about time, not money: the real reason retirees keep their big homes U.S. drivers continue mileage increase...
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Tracking the hyper-gentrification of New York, one lost knish place at a time Insanely concentrated wealth is strangling our prosperity Stuck in traffic: we need a smarter approach to congestion than...
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Saturday reading: Why surge prices make us so mad: what Springsteen, home depot and a nobel winner know Tokyo is the safest city to live in the world The 20 years that made New York City An...
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Driverless cars could be a solution to climate change – But for this scenario to work, something major has to happen: Large numbers of people have to give up their cars and start sharing rides Valuing...
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