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Arbitrary Lines

How Zoning Broke the American City and How to Fix It

by M. Nolan Gray ...

What if scrapping one flawed policy could bring US cities closer to addressing debilitating housing shortages, stunted growth and innovation, persistent racial and economic segregation, and car-dependent development?It’s time for America to move beyond zoning, argues city planner M. Nolan Gray in Arbitrary Lines: How Zoning Broke the American City and How to Fix It. With lively explanations and ... Read more

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What if scrapping one flawed policy could bring US cities closer to addressing debilitating housing shortages, stunted growth and innovation, persistent racial and economic segregation, and car-dependent development?It’s time for America to move beyond zoning, argues city planner M. Nolan Gray in Arbitrary Lines: How Zoning Broke the American City and How to Fix It. With lively explanations and
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Land Use without Zoning

by Bernard H. Siegan, M. Nolan Gray ...

Series series Mercatus Center at George Mason University
The conversation about zoning has meandered its way through issues ranging from housing affordability to economic growth to segregation, expanding in the process from a public policy backwater to one of the most discussed policy issues of the day. In his pioneering 1972 study, Land Use Without Zoning, Bernard Siegan first set out what has today emerged as a common-sense perspective: Zoning not ... Read more

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The conversation about zoning has meandered its way through issues ranging from housing affordability to economic growth to segregation, expanding in the process from a public policy backwater to one of the most discussed policy issues of the day. In his pioneering 1972 study, Land Use Without Zoning, Bernard Siegan first set out what has today emerged as a common-sense perspective: Zoning not
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WW3

THE MIDWEST COMPACT

by Nolan Gray ...

After the bombs fell, the coasts burned and the government vanished. But in the forgotten center of America, something ancient stirred—resilience. Set in the wake of World War III, WW3: The Midwest Compact tells the story of a fractured country where only the heartland survives. From shattered cornfields and silent towns, a new alliance is born—not of power, but of people. Veterans. Farmers. ... Read more

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After the bombs fell, the coasts burned and the government vanished. But in the forgotten center of America, something ancient stirred—resilience. Set in the wake of World War III, WW3: The Midwest Compact tells the story of a fractured country where only the heartland survives. From shattered cornfields and silent towns, a new alliance is born—not of power, but of people. Veterans. Farmers.
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Reclaiming labor

A Blueprint for Union Renewal

by Nolan Gray ...

Reclaiming Labor is a passionate, well-researched, and timely manifesto for reinvigorating the American labor movement. Author Nolan Gray takes readers on a compelling journey through the history, triumphs, setbacks, and future of unions in the United States. From the gritty factory floors of the 20th century to the modern battlegrounds of gig work and automation, this book examines what went ... Read more

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Reclaiming Labor is a passionate, well-researched, and timely manifesto for reinvigorating the American labor movement. Author Nolan Gray takes readers on a compelling journey through the history, triumphs, setbacks, and future of unions in the United States. From the gritty factory floors of the 20th century to the modern battlegrounds of gig work and automation, this book examines what went
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Social Coordination and Public Policy

Explorations in Theory and Practice

by Emily Chamlee-Wright, Mikolaj Firlej, Olivia Gonzalez, M. Nolan Gray, Ellen Hamlett, Roberta Q. Herzberg, Alexander Köhler, Carlos Noyola, Emil Panzaru, Gavin Roberts, Julie Thompson-Gomez1, Arthur R. Wardle2, Brianne Wolf3 ...

Series series Economy, Polity, and Society
This volume explores, both in theory and in practice, what “social coordination” is and how public policies can help or hinder the processes of social coordination. In particular, these chapters examine the institutional incentives that motivate public policy decisions and their implementation to achieve specific individual and social goals. Some chapters in this volume are more theoretical, ... Read more

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This volume explores, both in theory and in practice, what “social coordination” is and how public policies can help or hinder the processes of social coordination. In particular, these chapters examine the institutional incentives that motivate public policy decisions and their implementation to achieve specific individual and social goals. Some chapters in this volume are more theoretical,
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Arbitrary Lines

How Zoning Broke the American City and How to Fix It

by M. Nolan Gray ...

Narrated by Stephen R. Thorne ...

Unabridged

7 hours 3 min

The arbitrary lines of zoning maps across the country have come to dictate where Americans may live and work, forcing cities into a pattern of growth that is segregated and sprawling.The good news is that reform is in the air, with states across the country critically reevaluating zoning. In cities as diverse as Minneapolis, Fayetteville, and Hartford, the key pillars of zoning are under fire, ... Read more

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The arbitrary lines of zoning maps across the country have come to dictate where Americans may live and work, forcing cities into a pattern of growth that is segregated and sprawling.The good news is that reform is in the air, with states across the country critically reevaluating zoning. In cities as diverse as Minneapolis, Fayetteville, and Hartford, the key pillars of zoning are under fire,
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Killed by a Traffic Engineer

Shattering the Delusion that Science Underlies Our Transportation System

by Wes Marshall ...

Narrated by Stephen R. Thorne ...

Unabridged

15 hours 2 min

In the US we are nearing four million road deaths since we began counting them in 1899. The numbers are getting worse, yet we continue to accept these deaths as part of doing business. There has been no examination of why we engineer roads that are literally killing us.In Killed by a Traffic Engineer, civil engineering professor Wes Marshall shines a spotlight on how little science there is behind ... Read more

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In the US we are nearing four million road deaths since we began counting them in 1899. The numbers are getting worse, yet we continue to accept these deaths as part of doing business. There has been no examination of why we engineer roads that are literally killing us.In Killed by a Traffic Engineer, civil engineering professor Wes Marshall shines a spotlight on how little science there is behind
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Killed by a Traffic Engineer

Shattering the Delusion that Science Underlies our Transportation System

by Wes Marshall ...

In the US we are nearing four million road deaths since we began counting them in 1899. The numbers are getting worse in recent years, yet we continue to accept these deaths as part of doing business. There has been no examination of why we engineer roads that are literally killing us.Fixing the carnage on our roadways requires a change in mindset and a dramatic transformation of transportation. ... Read more

$25.99 USD

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In the US we are nearing four million road deaths since we began counting them in 1899. The numbers are getting worse in recent years, yet we continue to accept these deaths as part of doing business. There has been no examination of why we engineer roads that are literally killing us.Fixing the carnage on our roadways requires a change in mindset and a dramatic transformation of transportation.
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Homelessness is a Housing Problem

How Structural Factors Explain U.S Patterns

by Gregg Colburn, Clayton Page Aldern ...

Narrated by Adam Verner ...

Unabridged

6 hours 22 min

In Homelessness Is a Housing Problem, Gregg Colburn and Clayton Page Aldern seek to explain the substantial regional variation in rates of homelessness in cities across the United States. In a departure from many analytical approaches, Colburn and Aldern shift their focus from the individual experiencing homelessness to the metropolitan area. Using accessible statistical analysis, they test a ... Read more

$19.99 USD

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In Homelessness Is a Housing Problem, Gregg Colburn and Clayton Page Aldern seek to explain the substantial regional variation in rates of homelessness in cities across the United States. In a departure from many analytical approaches, Colburn and Aldern shift their focus from the individual experiencing homelessness to the metropolitan area. Using accessible statistical analysis, they test a
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Strong Towns

A Bottom-Up Revolution to Rebuild American Prosperity

by Charles L. Marohn, Jr. ...

Narrated by Matthew Boston ...

Unabridged

7 hours 26 min

Strong Towns: A Bottom-Up Revolution to Build American Prosperity is a book of forward-thinking ideas that breaks with modern wisdom to present a new vision of urban development in the United States. Presenting the foundational ideas of the Strong Towns movement he cofounded, Charles Marohn explains why cities of all sizes continue to struggle to meet their basic needs, and reveals the new ... Read more

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Strong Towns: A Bottom-Up Revolution to Build American Prosperity is a book of forward-thinking ideas that breaks with modern wisdom to present a new vision of urban development in the United States. Presenting the foundational ideas of the Strong Towns movement he cofounded, Charles Marohn explains why cities of all sizes continue to struggle to meet their basic needs, and reveals the new
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Paved Paradise

How Parking Explains the World

by Henry Grabar ...

Narrated by Rob Shapiro ...

Unabridged

10 hours 53 min

**Shortlisted for the Zócalo Book PrizeNamed one of the best books of the year by The New Yorker and The New Republic“Consistently entertaining and often downright funny.”—The New Yorker“Wry and revelatory.” —The New York Times"A romp, packed with tales of anger, violence, theft, lust, greed, political chicanery and transportation policy gone wrong . . . highly entertaining."—The Los Angeles ... Read more

$20.99 USD

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**Shortlisted for the Zócalo Book PrizeNamed one of the best books of the year by The New Yorker and The New Republic“Consistently entertaining and often downright funny.”—The New Yorker“Wry and revelatory.” —The New York Times"A romp, packed with tales of anger, violence, theft, lust, greed, political chicanery and transportation policy gone wrong . . . highly entertaining."—The Los Angeles
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Paved Paradise

How Parking Explains the World

by Henry Grabar ...

**Shortlisted for the Zócalo Book PrizeNamed one of the best books of the year by The New Yorker and The New Republic“Consistently entertaining and often downright funny.”—The New Yorker“Wry and revelatory.” —The New York Times"A romp, packed with tales of anger, violence, theft, lust, greed, political chicanery and transportation policy gone wrong . . . highly entertaining."—The Los Angeles ... Read more

$8.99 USD

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**Shortlisted for the Zócalo Book PrizeNamed one of the best books of the year by The New Yorker and The New Republic“Consistently entertaining and often downright funny.”—The New Yorker“Wry and revelatory.” —The New York Times"A romp, packed with tales of anger, violence, theft, lust, greed, political chicanery and transportation policy gone wrong . . . highly entertaining."—The Los Angeles
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