Midweek Video: Why It’s So Hard To Get Unemployment Benefits
https://youtu.be/ualUPur6iks
The American unemployment system is not universal in its design. How did we get to where we are and why are some systems designed...
The Price of Market Freedom
I’ve found that many people conflate supply and demand, or price-based resource allocation, with the pseudo-ideal of a libertarian “free market”.
Supply and demand is...
Good Urbanism, not Event Surges and Quick Fixes Will Spur Downtown Recovery
This month, Seattle has hosted some of its biggest events of the summer and local pundits are busy writing the first draft of history....
Mosqueda’s Big Business Tax Would Funnel $200 Million per Year to Covid Recovery and...
Councilmember Teresa Mosqueda unveiled a big business tax proposal called "JumpStart Seattle" today that would raise $200 million per year from the wealthiest companies...
Urbanizing the Economy
In a previous article, I wrote about vertical farming and the technology’s ability to urbanize agriculture. Vertical farming facilitates the urbanization of agriculture with...
Sunday Video: Just One More Lane, Bro
Will one more car lane really fix congestion? Jason Slaughter from Not Just Bikes digs into all those promises made by highway departments to...
Sunday Video: Does My Neighborhood Determine My Future?
https://youtu.be/pu2sKNJMH-k
Vox looks at the history of redlining, practices of renting and selling property, zoning practices, public services and investments, and environmental health that collectively...
Downtown Seattle Declares Itself Resurgent at Annual Gala
The theme was resurgence at the Downtown Seattle Association's annual State of Downtown event yesterday. With two years of pandemic suffering and emergency public...