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When roads are bad
Roads deliver huge benefits, but they have two big costs
Oct 17
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Ben Southwood
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Why induced demand is fake
And roads are a pretty good way of creating agglomeration, actually
Oct 10
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Ben Southwood
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The dark secret underlying high infrastructure costs
In the UK we have two problems. One: we don’t have enough infrastructure. Commuters across the country face congestion and overcrowding; we haven’t…
Oct 2
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Ben Southwood
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April 2023
How to think about immigration and housing
Since Brits own Britain, more demand for Britain is generally good for us
Apr 27
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Ben Southwood
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March 2023
Low traffic neighbourhoods are a type of cul-de-sac
Except without the biggest downsides of cul-de-sacs
Mar 14
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Ben Southwood
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November 2022
Are we really going to have to do all this again?
Worrying about the Bank of England's plan for a big recession
Nov 7, 2022
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Ben Southwood
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October 2022
Regional inequality: also a housing supply issue
The Housing Theory of Everything demo version
Oct 14, 2022
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Ben Southwood
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The dark side of surrogate endpoints
Why not all mechanisms to cut costs in drug approval are worth it
Oct 12, 2022
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Ben Southwood
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September 2022
Catching crumbs from the market
The market is a collective intelligence that no one truly understands
Sep 29, 2022
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Ben Southwood
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Rents direct market innovation where it's most useful
Don't forget about dynamic efficiency
Sep 14, 2022
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Ben Southwood
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How crime stops upzoning and densification
And therefore helps cause 'the housing theory of everything'
Sep 12, 2022
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Ben Southwood
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August 2022
The demographic transition is like an antibiotic
And fertility is like antibiotic resistance
Aug 13, 2022
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Ben Southwood
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