How would you map the impact of light rail expansion on income inequality and cost of housing?
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How to build a fairer city
“The grounded city is neither an insoluble city problem in the 1970s sense, nor a city black box in the 2000s sense delivering pleasant surprises. The grounded city is instead a site of diverse experiments and learning which could and should be publicly led.” – How to build a fairer city
Why I got out of New York City
“Middle-income residents — already a smaller percentage of the population here than the national average — are seeing incomes shrink and opportunities decline. Even as New York’s GDP increased by nearly 50% between 1990 and 2007, the average wage stayed flat, at about $16 an hour. And the share of income received by the middle… Continue reading Why I got out of New York City
How to build a fairer city
“the proliferation of anti-discrimination policies since the 1970s has been accompanied by sharply increasing inequalities in the distribution of income and wealth” – How to build a fairer city
How to build a fairer city
“The centre-left’s nostalgic attachment to redistributive taxation has faded, and all parties now increasingly problematise fairness as a matter of managing internal competition: the result is standard packages of policy remedies whose reach exceeds their grasp.” – How to build a fairer city
How to build a fairer city
“The global obsession of our age is competing everywhere with everyone for everything. In the mainstream imaginary, every city has to chase competitive success in a league table where it secures prosperity by getting ahead of others. Our premise is that competition is the wrong kind of imaginary; that we are trapped by an idea… Continue reading How to build a fairer city
How to build a fairer city
“The success of a city should not be measured externally by relative size and the ability to come first ahead of equals; rather, the measure should be a city’s internal ability to distribute mundane goods and services which ensure the civilised life of the largest number of its people.” – How to build a fairer… Continue reading How to build a fairer city
Why Doctors Are Sick of Their Profession
“After Medicare was introduced in 1965 as a social safety net for the elderly, doctors’ salaries actually increased as more people sought medical care. In 1940, in inflation-adjusted 2010 dollars, the mean income for U.S. physicians was about $50,000. By 1970, it was close to $250,000—nearly six times the median household income.” – Why Doctors… Continue reading Why Doctors Are Sick of Their Profession
5 Truths the Fast Fashion Industry Doesn’t Want You to Know
“Industry estimates suggest that 20 to 60 percent of garment production is sewn at home by informal workers” – 5 Truths the Fast Fashion Industry Doesn’t Want You to Know