Incoming Feed Items

The Australia Institute

The enragement machine with Joseph Stiglitz and Malcolm Turnbull — The Australia Institute — 

Thomas Zimmer

What is “weird” and what is “normal” in America? — Thomas Zimmer — 

Progress in Political Economy

Shoes: A Nexus of Empowerment, Exploitation, and Environmental Concerns — Progress in Political Economy — 

Not Just Bikes

How American Fire Departments are Getting People Killed — Not Just Bikes — 
Japan's Insane Pokémon Train #pokemon #pikachu #train #japan — Not Just Bikes — 
The Secret to Japan's Great Cities — Not Just Bikes — 
Japan's Pink "Hello Kitty" Train #trains #hellokitty #japan — Not Just Bikes — 
I Rode the Craziest Trains in Japan — Not Just Bikes — 
I Visited the World's Busiest Train Station — Not Just Bikes — 
What is the "Correct" Speed Limit? — Not Just Bikes — 
The Oldest Street in Europe — Not Just Bikes — 
Amsterdam Closed This Bridge to Cars (but not bikes ofc) — Not Just Bikes — 
Lisbon Just Got a New Funicular (how fun!) #lisbon #publictransport #funicular — Not Just Bikes — 
DINOSAURS AND TRAINS!!!!! (with TierZoo) — Not Just Bikes — 
More Lanes are (Still) a Bad Thing — Not Just Bikes — 
I Visited the Best* City in North America — Not Just Bikes — 
The People Fixing American Cities - Strong Towns — Not Just Bikes — 
Germany's "Green" City (with more bikes than cars!) — Not Just Bikes — 
This Train Station Has No Business Being This Good — Not Just Bikes — 

Notes on the Crisis

Nathan Tankus

The New York Federal Reserve’s “Doomsday Book” Has Been (Partially) Revealed — Nathan Tankus — Notes on the Crisis — 
Revealed: The Seven Secret Federal Reserve Books I Won Through FOIA — Nathan Tankus — Notes on the Crisis — 
Paul Volcker’s Secret December 1973 Phone Call to Fed Chairman Arthur Burns Revealed — Nathan Tankus — Notes on the Crisis — 
More FOIA Findings: The New Nixon Administration’s Debt Ceiling Dilemma and the Federal Reserve’s Solutions — Nathan Tankus — Notes on the Crisis — 
I Got the Fed to Release its 2011 “Treasury Default” Playbook. Here’s What it Says and Why it Matters. — Nathan Tankus — Notes on the Crisis — 
I Was Wrong About Post-SVB Treasury Market Strains- Here’s Why — Nathan Tankus — Notes on the Crisis — 
There Are No Simple Answers in the “Greedflation” Debate: A Response to Economist Marc Lavoie — Nathan Tankus — Notes on the Crisis — 
Fitch Didn’t Downgrade The U.S.’s Credit Rating. It Downgraded its Macroeconomic Rating (and No One Should Care) — Nathan Tankus — Notes on the Crisis — 

Radical Copyeditor

How to Ensure that Your Land Acknowledgment Doesn’t Perpetuate Oppression — Radical Copyeditor — 

The Australia Institute

Tax System Turbocharging Wealth Inequality in Australia — The Australia Institute — 
Wealth and inequality in Australia — The Australia Institute — 
AUKUS Expansion Reveals Folly of Blind Allegiance — The Australia Institute — 
Rate expectations: will Australians get a rate cut for Christmas? — The Australia Institute — 
The rate rises have cost households and businesses billions of dollars — The Australia Institute — 
New divides with Paul Bongiorno — The Australia Institute — 
Fossil fuels are gobbling up construction capacity and it’s hurting at home — The Australia Institute — 
$41 billion of new fossil fuel projects are gobbling up construction supply chain — The Australia Institute — 
Runnin’ the world — The Australia Institute — 
Australia’s great gas giveaway — The Australia Institute — 

Strong Towns

The Traffic Enforcement Futility Loop — Strong Towns — 
Why Traffic Enforcement Isn’t Enough To Save Lives — Strong Towns — 
Talk Is Cheap: How One City Hid Its True Intentions in the Fine Print — Strong Towns — 
The Bottom-Up Revolution Is…Advocating for Better Transit and Safe Streets — Strong Towns — 
The Multitasking Marvel: How Street Trees Can Solve Many Municipal Problems — Strong Towns — 
How To Handle Small-Scale Development Finance: Insights From Kansas City — Strong Towns — 
7 Things for Elected Officials To Keep in Mind Before Their First Meeting — Strong Towns — 
“A Paradise of Small Houses”: The Story of Incremental Development in America — Strong Towns — 
Why Local Leaders Can Address the Housing Crisis but Federal Programs Fail — Strong Towns — 

Federal Reserve Bank of New York

Liberty Street Economics

Reallocating Liquidity to Resolve a Crisis — Federal Reserve Bank of New York — Liberty Street Economics — 
The Anatomy of Labor Demand Pre‑ and Post‑COVID — Federal Reserve Bank of New York — Liberty Street Economics — 
Mortgage Lock‑In Spurs Recent HELOC Demand — Federal Reserve Bank of New York — Liberty Street Economics —