economics

Is Houston the Next Great American City?

A topic of great interest to both economists and urbanists is the prediction of the next great American city. Houston Skyline. Joel Kotkin, of The American, makes a case for Houston as the most likely candidate in “Lone Star Rising.” Maybe I’m biased as a former Houston resident, but I need to contradict his arguments.

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Green Cities: Lessons From Boston and Beyond

As mentioned here earlier, Boston played host to a conference on green cities. The Rappaport Institute has posted the presentations and remarks from the conference on their website. Opening slide from Daniel Schrag’s presentation. Courtesy of Rappaport Institute.

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End the Architect’s Complex, Pay Your Interns

If you are in college or have a degree, you should be paid as an intern. For architects, this is widely debatable. For me, it is not. Courtesy of archiCULTURE. Peter Eisenmann seems to think otherwise…

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Econ-archi-landscape Urbanist

I am an economist. My base education is in economics. I understand theories behind domestic and world markets. I understand the difference between correlation and causation. I believe people are incentive driven, not equivalent to financially driven. I CAN… develop a business plan make informed financial decisions apply cost-benefit analysis across a range scenarios I [...]

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