Aug 26, 2026
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6 min read
Or: Why I'm queasy about Prop 40
Aug 17, 2026
8 min read
Yes, I'm talking to you. 🫵
Aug 10, 2026
5 min read
Wealth inequality is both a cause and a consequence of restrictive land use
Aug 5, 2026
A response to Lee Ohanian's "How Los Angeles Lost the War on Homelessness"
Jul 28, 2026
2 min read
Plus some news about BUILD OR DIE
Jul 6, 2026
4 min read
New evidence that patriarchy plus economic growth leads to declining birthrates
Jun 29, 2026
3 min read
There's no such thing as a housing market that makes everyone happy
Jun 23, 2026
Some thoughts on the revolution at 250
Jun 15, 2026
My new report with Becky Chao and Mike Konczal for the Economic Security Project
Jun 8, 2026
America's most dysfunctional city may actually get a pro-housing mayor
Jun 1, 2026
Some notes toward a theory of Trumpism
May 26, 2026
RIP to Sonny Rollins, a human artist
May 12, 2026
Thoughts on the recent housing forum for California's gubernatorial field
May 4, 2026
An Urban Institute paper beloved by supply skeptics is even more flawed than I realized
Apr 27, 2026
The stakes in 2026 and 2028
Apr 14, 2026
The political vacuum at the end of the Brown dynasty
Apr 10, 2026
Pre-approved designs, a de-nerdified Democratic Party, and Jason Bateman
Apr 7, 2026
16 min read
On the perils of economic populism
Apr 3, 2026
Philanthropy, incels, and one of the most moving anime films out there
Mar 31, 2026
9 min read
Trying to turn everyone into homeowners means solving for the wrong problem
Mar 27, 2026
Federal investment in multifamily housing, Hegel, and more
Mar 23, 2026
My book has a cover, a title, and a release date
Mar 20, 2026
13 min read
Performative males, more on slopulism, A.I. husbands, and some bossa nova
Mar 16, 2026
You can't build a Nordic social insurance system on a Norquist-style tax base
Mar 13, 2026
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
