Housing in Cambridge is really expensive. In fact, it's too expensive, because housing is excessively regulated (that is to say, there's too much restriction on who can build what where). In the long run, the obvious solution is to let people build more, but in the short run, there's always a temptation to institute price caps, … Continue reading Quick Thoughts on #affordable25
Month: August 2016
No thanks, University of Chicago
A lot has changed in the past few months. I am now an intern, we are less than a hundred days away from a historic election, parts of Louisiana are once again under water, Epipen prices are more than quadrupled in price since 2007, and University of Chicago sent out a letter to its incoming freshman … Continue reading No thanks, University of Chicago
“Lets do something about Heroin. But not in Baltimore.”
Not so long ago, heroin was a "black people problem," in that it mainstream culture viewed it as a drug that primarily affected people of color, and not white communities. Then, pop culture and news media started noticing white people dying from overdoses, and suddenly the opiate epidemic was something worth addressing. It appears that … Continue reading “Lets do something about Heroin. But not in Baltimore.”
Diversity vs Integration
Diversity is when the white kids get to go to school with just the "right" proportion of non-white kids, while integration is when the schools all reflect the broader population. In a district that's about 6/7ths non-white, if all the white kids go school that is half non-white, they will experience diversity, while, the system … Continue reading Diversity vs Integration
The Clumsy Cook 