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The High Price of Low Rent

March 31, 2021 by Michael Luis Leave a Comment

We are starting to see an equalization of rents across the region, with rents falling in expensive areas and rising in less expensive areas. This equalization will be brutal for the lowest income renters.

Sorry, But We’re Not Number One

March 17, 2021 by Michael Luis 2 Comments

Irresistible click-bait hit screens across Washington last week, as US News and World Report declared that Washington is the Best State in America. And, woe to Louisiana, the Worst State in America. This is all baloney.

Pedestrian Safety and the Nirvana Fallacy

March 3, 2021 by Michael Luis Leave a Comment

Looked at this way, we might see our traffic system not as a failure, but as a remarkable success. Cars and pedestrians share spaces millions of times each day and billions of times each year, with very few fatalities.

Strike Out. The Decline of Work Stoppage

February 24, 2021 by Michael Luis Leave a Comment

The most powerful tool in the arsenal of organized labor has always been work stoppage, or strikes. But this tool has declined precipitously in American life.

Union Representation: Slowing Decline, But Few Signs Of Recovery

January 27, 2021 by Michael Luis Leave a Comment

Unionization clearly has benefits for many individuals who work for unionized employers, in terms of higher wages. But for the economy as a whole, it is difficult to see where unions are making a big difference in the aggregate.

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