Unless the mainstream offers something better, he will be the voice of economic nationalism.
Housing and Transportation
Read about affordable housing; access to transportation; roadways; bridges and tunnels; crumbling infrastructure; railroads; Amtrak; trucking; interstate highway system; science and technology; land use;
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Democracy and Its Discontents
Three authors engage with the threats to a liberal society.
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Amazon, City Killer?
Amazon has whittled down the list of contenders for its second headquarters. Are those metropolitan areas ready for seismic socioeconomic upheaval?
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Boston’s Amazon HQ2 Fantasies Take Off
Who needs one million square feet of office space in Boston’s Seaport District? Amazon might. The Boston Globe reported Thursday that real-estate industry executives “with knowledge of the talks” dished that Amazon is in the market for one, maybe two office buildings in the bustling and picturesque waterfront neighborhood. (The Boston Business Journal first reported […]
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As Trump Gears Up for Big Tax Cuts, Seattle Opts to Tax Wealthy
The progressive city is once again paving the way, and strongly rebuking trickle-down economics.
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Virginia’s Power Broker
A legislative power grab and a controversial pipeline project have drawn new scrutiny of Dominion Energy.
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Factory Towns to Trump: Don’t Defend Yourself by Invoking Us!
Pittsburgh and Youngstown push back against the withdrawal from the Paris Agreement.
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Turning Up the Heat on WMATA
Serious maintenance issues continue to plague Washington’s transit system, but securing a dependable funding source remains the biggest hurdle
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The Perils of P3s
A new Economic Policy Institute report finds that public-private partnerships are “economic snake oil.” Exhibit A is North Carolina’s Interstate 77 project.
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Elaine Chao Keeps Mum
The Transportation Department nominee declines to lift the curtain on the president-elect’s infrastructure revitalization vision.