1. This week at Market Urbanism: Are “Charter Cities” a Solution? by Sandy IkedaWhat makes a charter city attractive is the prospect of rapidly instituting rules consistent with economic development in an area that might otherwise take decades to do so, offering almost overnight the chance of a … [Read more...]
Archives for December 2016
Are “Charter Cities” a Solution?
Stanford economist Paul Romer has proposed an intriguing concept: the “charter city.” A charter city is a newly created city governed by a country other than the one within whose borders it exists. Its residents would remain citizens of the home country.Romer offers Hong Kong as an example when … [Read more...]
Market Urbanism MUsings, December 23, 2016
1. This week at Market Urbansim: Is There a “Libertarian Architecture”? by Sandy IkedaBy “libertarian architecture” I don’t mean a particular style. In the absence of government intervention, however, I do think certain kinds of projects would be unlikely to emerge, and so it may be possible … [Read more...]
Is There a “Libertarian Architecture”?
I sometimes ask myself if there is a “libertarian architecture” when thinking about what a purely libertarian culture — one that has been free from government intervention long enough to flourish — would look like. Not something I can answer in several hundred words, but let me begin.By … [Read more...]
Market Urbanism MUsings, December 16, 2016
1. This week at Market Urbansim: Same Old Story: How Planners Continue to Drive Gentrification by Nolan GrayPlanners, like all professions, have their own useful mythologies. A popular one goes something like this: “Many years ago, us planners did naughty things. We pushed around the … [Read more...]
Urban Mass Transit Out Of Suburban Sprawl
The economist F.A. Hayek explained why it’s impossible for human reason to successfully design complex systems such as markets or language. One can’t simply say, “Hey, I’d like to invent a Germanic language that does away with those troublesome genders and inflections but has plenty of Latin- and … [Read more...]
Same Old Story: How Planners Continue to Drive Gentrification
Planners, like all professions, have their own useful mythologies. A popular one goes something like this: “Many years ago, us planners did naughty things. We pushed around the poor, demolished minority neighborhoods, and forced gentrification. But that’s all over today. Now we protect the … [Read more...]
Market Urbanism MUsings, December 9, 2016
1. This week at Market Urbansim: China’s “Planned Capitalism” Kills Wealth by Sandy IkedaChina’s central planners haven’t even begun to appreciate, let alone practice, the lessons of the great urbanist Jane Jacobs, who viewed cities and the socioeconomic processes that go on in them … [Read more...]