Jenny Schuetz explores how zoning laws regulate housing, discusses the strengths and limitations of different approaches to measuring zoning stringency, and outlines an alternative framing for designing policies that address escalating housing costs.
Beyond well-known tech hubs across the country, an analysis of 421 metro areas by Sifan Liu and Joseph Parilla found that some college towns such as Madison, Wis., Boulder, Colo., Ann Arbor, Mich., and Durham, N.C. are dwarfed by the more established regional tech ecosystems, what they call "startup complexity."
Urban settings play a major role in creating quality of life for city residents, including children. Kathy Hirsh-Pasek and Helen Hadani discuss how designers, city planners, community leaders, and behavioral scientists are working on cross-disciplinary solutions that combine developmental science and placemaking.
“Automation isn’t a problem because it’s new or because technological change may be happening faster. It’s a problem because our policy infrastructure is no longer equipped to handle significant, economy-wide workforce transitions,” Robert Maxim and Mark Muro write.
