Some progress

Wouldn't it be nice if we didn't have to fight the DOT anymore?

MarohnCharles MarohnApril 10, 2015Street Design, city council, minnesota, stroad

It is interesting to look back and read what people thought a couple generations ago and how their thinking shapes our world today.

Stroad Nation

We can’t over-simplify the dynamics of all that has happened in Ferguson, but it’s obvious that our platform for building places is creating dynamics primed for social upheaval. The auto-oriented development pattern is a huge financial experiment with massive social, cultural and political ramifications.

MarohnCharles MarohnAugust 25, 2014suburban experiment, poverty, housing, auto-oriented, taxes, stroad, missouri

Tremors v. Earthquakes, Banks

MarohnCharles MarohnMarch 18, 2014banks, economics, too big to fail

Dunkin our Future

Not all economic development is created equal. Not all local investments build wealth in our community. Not all open markets produce optimal outcomes for all places.

MarohnCharles MarohnJanuary 20, 2014local business, local economy, economics

It takes money to make money?

The concept of investing (other people's) money in order to make money is not one that local governments should be pursuing.

MarohnCharles MarohnMarch 18, 2013local government, finance, nassim taleb, antifragility

Best of Blog: Why decline is not normal

We have to stop looking at the stagnation and decline of our blocks and neighborhoods as a normal part of the development process.

MarohnCharles MarohnDecember 14, 2012TIF, illusion of wealth, too big to fail, nassim taleb, minnesota, antifragility, growth ponzi scheme

Debate Questions

MarohnCharles MarohnOctober 17, 2012Elections, politics, too big to fail

Addressing the planners

MarohnCharles MarohnMarch 26, 2012urban planning, too big to fail

The Cost of Auto Orientation

We've reconfigured our public spaces to accommodate the automobile. Today we need the humility to acknowledge that our ancestors -- who built in the traditional style -- may have known what they were doing.

Occupy it

MarohnCharles MarohnOctober 17, 2011New Urbanism, Congress for the New Urbanism, too big to fail

Little Bets

MarohnCharles MarohnSeptember 5, 2011Government Consolidation, Rhode Island, too big to fail

Slow Motion History

MarohnCharles MarohnJune 27, 2011economics, history, finance, too big to fail

Walmart: Too Big to Fail

Should we be worried when Walmart's complex and fragile business model shows signs of strain?

MarohnCharles MarohnMarch 7, 2011big box stores, too big to fail, economic development

How to create jobs (continued)

MarohnCharles MarohnOctober 26, 2010too big to fail, nassim taleb, jobs

Only you can prevent financial fires

Our reaction to the pain of economic change explains a large part of how we got to where we are today and, for better or for worse, how we can start to work our way out of this mess.

MarohnCharles MarohnSeptember 27, 2010finance, Keynes, economics, politics, too big to fail