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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
... Read more
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.
... Read more
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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Fixer-Upper

How to Repair America’s Broken Housing Systems

by Jenny Schuetz ...

Narrated by Suzie Althens ...

Unabridged

5 hours 46 min

Much ink has been spilled in recent years talking about political divides and inequality in the United States. But these discussions too often miss one of the most important factors in the divisions among Americans: the fundamentally unequal nature of the nation's housing systems.And this divide deepens other inequalities. Increasingly, important life outcomes—performance in school, employment, ... Read more

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Much ink has been spilled in recent years talking about political divides and inequality in the United States. But these discussions too often miss one of the most important factors in the divisions among Americans: the fundamentally unequal nature of the nation's housing systems.And this divide deepens other inequalities. Increasingly, important life outcomes—performance in school, employment,
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When Driving Is Not an Option

Steering Away from Car Dependency

by Anna Zivarts ...

One third of people living in the United States do not have a driver license. Because the majority of involuntary nondrivers are disabled, lower income, unhoused, formerly incarcerated, undocumented immigrants, kids, young people, and the elderly, they are largely invisible. The consequence of this invisibility is a mobility system designed almost exclusively for drivers. This system has human ... Read more

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One third of people living in the United States do not have a driver license. Because the majority of involuntary nondrivers are disabled, lower income, unhoused, formerly incarcerated, undocumented immigrants, kids, young people, and the elderly, they are largely invisible. The consequence of this invisibility is a mobility system designed almost exclusively for drivers. This system has human
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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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The Economy of Cities

by Jane Jacobs ...

Narrated by Rachel Fulginiti ...

Unabridged

8 hours 59 min

In this book, Jane Jacobs, building on the work of her debut, The Death and Life of Great American Cities, investigates the delicate way cities balance the interplay between the domestic production of goods and the ever-changing tide of imports. Using case studies of developing cities in the ancient, pre-agricultural world, and contemporary cities on the decline, like the financially irresponsible ... Read more

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In this book, Jane Jacobs, building on the work of her debut, The Death and Life of Great American Cities, investigates the delicate way cities balance the interplay between the domestic production of goods and the ever-changing tide of imports. Using case studies of developing cities in the ancient, pre-agricultural world, and contemporary cities on the decline, like the financially irresponsible
... Read more

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Confessions of a Recovering Engineer

Transportation for a Strong Town

by Charles L. Marohn, Jr. ...

Narrated by Christopher Douyard ...

Unabridged

9 hours 21 min

In Confessions of a Recovering Engineer, renowned speaker and author of Strong Towns Charles L. Marohn, Jr., delivers an accessible and engaging exploration of America's transportation system, laying bare the reasons why it no longer works as it once did, and how to modernize transportation to better serve local communities.You'll discover real-world examples of poor design choices and how those ... Read more

$19.99 USD

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In Confessions of a Recovering Engineer, renowned speaker and author of Strong Towns Charles L. Marohn, Jr., delivers an accessible and engaging exploration of America's transportation system, laying bare the reasons why it no longer works as it once did, and how to modernize transportation to better serve local communities.You'll discover real-world examples of poor design choices and how those
... Read more

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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.
... Read more

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