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Ned Resnikoff
If You Want to Raise Birthrates, You Need to Fix Men

Jul 6, 2026

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4 min read

If You Want to Raise Birthrates, You Need to Fix Men

New evidence that patriarchy plus economic growth leads to declining birthrates

Ned Resnikoff
Ned Resnikoff
Falling Home Prices Are a Measure of Success, Not Failure

Jun 29, 2026

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3 min read

Falling Home Prices Are a Measure of Success, Not Failure

There's no such thing as a housing market that makes everyone happy

Ned Resnikoff
Ned Resnikoff
Cosmopolitan America

Jun 23, 2026

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4 min read

Cosmopolitan America

Some thoughts on the revolution at 250

Ned Resnikoff
Ned Resnikoff
A Roadmap for U.S. Housing Policy

Jun 15, 2026

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3 min read

A Roadmap for U.S. Housing Policy

My new report with Becky Chao and Mike Konczal for the Economic Security Project

Ned Resnikoff
Ned Resnikoff
A Good Day for Los Angeles

Jun 8, 2026

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3 min read

A Good Day for Los Angeles

America's most dysfunctional city may actually get a pro-housing mayor

Ned Resnikoff
Ned Resnikoff
Hyperfascism

Jun 1, 2026

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5 min read

Hyperfascism

Some notes toward a theory of Trumpism

Ned Resnikoff
Ned Resnikoff
Saxophone Colossus

May 26, 2026

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4 min read

Saxophone Colossus

RIP to Sonny Rollins, a human artist

Ned Resnikoff
Ned Resnikoff
The Candidates Talk Housing

May 12, 2026

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5 min read

The Candidates Talk Housing

Thoughts on the recent housing forum for California's gubernatorial field

Ned Resnikoff
Ned Resnikoff
New Frontiers in Bad Housing Policy Research

May 4, 2026

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4 min read

New Frontiers in Bad Housing Policy Research

An Urban Institute paper beloved by supply skeptics is even more flawed than I realized

Ned Resnikoff
Ned Resnikoff
The Real Flight 93 Election

Apr 27, 2026

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4 min read

The Real Flight 93 Election

The stakes in 2026 and 2028

Ned Resnikoff
Ned Resnikoff
A Very Californian Succession Crisis

Apr 14, 2026

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6 min read

A Very Californian Succession Crisis

The political vacuum at the end of the Brown dynasty

Ned Resnikoff
Ned Resnikoff
Odds and Ends 4.10.26

Apr 10, 2026

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5 min read

Odds and Ends 4.10.26

Pre-approved designs, a de-nerdified Democratic Party, and Jason Bateman

Ned Resnikoff
Ned Resnikoff
What's going on with Elizabeth Warren?

Apr 7, 2026

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16 min read

What's going on with Elizabeth Warren?

On the perils of economic populism

Ned Resnikoff
Ned Resnikoff
Odds and Ends 4.3.26

Apr 3, 2026

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4 min read

Odds and Ends 4.3.26

Philanthropy, incels, and one of the most moving anime films out there

Ned Resnikoff
Ned Resnikoff
Against Homeownership Populism

Mar 31, 2026

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9 min read

Against Homeownership Populism

Trying to turn everyone into homeowners means solving for the wrong problem

Ned Resnikoff
Ned Resnikoff
Odds and Ends 3.27.26

Mar 27, 2026

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3 min read

Odds and Ends 3.27.26

Federal investment in multifamily housing, Hegel, and more

Ned Resnikoff
Ned Resnikoff
Build or Die

Mar 23, 2026

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3 min read

Build or Die

My book has a cover, a title, and a release date

Ned Resnikoff
Ned Resnikoff
Odds and Ends 3.20.26

Mar 20, 2026

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13 min read

Odds and Ends 3.20.26

Performative males, more on slopulism, A.I. husbands, and some bossa nova

Ned Resnikoff
Ned Resnikoff
Adventures in Slopulism

Mar 16, 2026

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8 min read

Adventures in Slopulism

You can't build a Nordic social insurance system on a Norquist-style tax base

Ned Resnikoff
Ned Resnikoff
Odds and Ends 3.13.26

Mar 13, 2026

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9 min read

Odds and Ends 3.13.26

The left's housing civil war, Jessie Buckley's uncanny power, Dr. Martin Luther King as a the general of a nonviolent army, and more

Ned Resnikoff
Ned Resnikoff
The Housing Angle

Mar 9, 2026

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7 min read

The Housing Angle

Strait of Hormuz Edition

Ned Resnikoff
Ned Resnikoff
Odds and Ends 3.6.26

Mar 6, 2026

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11 min read

Odds and Ends 3.6.26

Some links and other recommendations

Ned Resnikoff
Ned Resnikoff
What California's gubernatorial candidates won't say

Mar 2, 2026

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5 min read

What California's gubernatorial candidates won't say

So far this is a conventional race during an extraordinary time

Ned Resnikoff
Ned Resnikoff
Odds and Ends 2.27.26

Feb 27, 2026

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6 min read

Odds and Ends 2.27.26

Some links and other recommendations

Ned Resnikoff
Ned Resnikoff
The Liberal Reimagination

Feb 23, 2026

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10 min read

The Liberal Reimagination

A response to Becca Rothfeld's "Listless Liberalism"

Ned Resnikoff
Ned Resnikoff
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