Xi Jinping’s ‘Common Prosperity’ program is a rebuke to an economic model that prioritized growth over personal welfare.
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Posted inEnergy and the Environment
New Flood Insurance Rates Still Subsidize Coastal Development
FEMA says new rates are more fair. But homeowners can still skip buying insurance, premiums may still not price in severe climate risk, and the program remains insolvent.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
A Flood of Risk
The federal flood insurance program has historically subsidized rich coastal homeowners. FEMA says they’re fixing that, but it could be false hope.
Posted inHousing
To Ease Affordable Housing Crisis, California Views a Broad New Law
The debate around SB 9 centers on equity, social justice, affordability—and whether it benefits residents or developers.
Posted inHousing
After Surfside, Calls for Building Oversight Grow
As the country makes plans to revitalize aging infrastructure nationwide, some housing experts argue that high-rise condos should be part of the conversation.
Posted inPolitics
Who Is Eric Adams?
New York’s new mayor-in-waiting is in some ways a throwback to an older era of urban politics.
Posted inTAP
The Condo, the Inspector, the Market, and the Government
Today on TAP: The forces behind the Surfside disaster
Posted inHousing
The Problem With the ‘BlackRock Buying Houses’ Meme
Here’s the reality of institutional buyers and the single-family rental market.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Social Distancing
The wealthy have pulled out of the orbit of the rest of the country. Can they be leashed back?
Posted inEconomic Policy
The End of Retail
What Amazon, private equity, and real estate conglomerates are doing to the retail industry today is a rerun of what discounters like Walmart did in the 1970s.
