Political Economy

This article talks about the training program the certain fire officials go through in order to execute "controlled burns". The pr...

I have recently been thinking about the relationship between gas prices and real estate. An obvious question is whether such a relationship ...

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With continuing urban growth and development there are many issues that may arise. One issue in particular is that of increased traffic con...

The United States is not alone in the question regarding what to do about immigration. Europe is facing many of the same concerns as the Un...

No doubt, most of us are aware of the crisis (both present and impending, evidently) in the mortgage business, and its probable disastrous e...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/01/AR2007110102849.html Kentlands community, located near Gaithersburg , M...

I have recently finished reading an article by Rich Tosches in the Colorado Springs Independent this past week. This article was titled How ...

I stumbled upon a report from the South Kona- Kau coastal conservation task force to the 2007 legislature in Hawaii. They apparently had th...

According an article in the Denver Post, cities big and small are experiencing a dramatic return to urban living. People are seeing that ur...

A recent article I read in the New York Times talked about how Denver was trying to clean up Colfax Ave. Being from Colorado and spending t...

After a semester of discussing this subject I thought it was about time that I asked the question “why live in a new urbanism community?”. W...

An Article in the Seattle Times (November 12, 2007) written by Neal Peirce is the antithesis of personal freedom and economic liberty. The ...

Urban sprawl. In its simplest term, the unplanned development of land. In reality, it is the modern day epidemic, sweeping the nation and de...

If you are looking for a winterim course, then you might be interested in my Econ 398 Inner Economist. Maybe another title for this course w...

Zoning used in defense of morality- Creative Construction Zoning and controls can make construction and development very difficult. In an a...

According to the 2007 growth and transportation survey ¾ of people surveyed claimed they feel smart growth is important and the way of futur...

A ten year old boy admits to starting one of southern California's fires. Later down in the article, Dr. Jeff Victoroff is quoted as say...

The first credit card was created in the 1950's and made popular in the 1960's. The original idea was to allow consumers the abilit...

In Wisconsin, in several regions near towns, there are owners of family farms who are "struggling" to maintain their "way of ...