The pendulum swing back to localization, the essential work of being a citizen, and learning to see past the false narrative — three must-read articles to better understand our world.
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What do the negative price of oil and fields of discarded potatoes have in common? They point to a market increasingly abstracted from reality. Unfortunately, the real-world consequences are anything but abstract.
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Here are the immediate steps every community should be taking to respond to the pandemic.
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The importance of experimentation, why leaders need to repeat themselves, and why communities need a “leadership bench”—these and other lessons on how to thrive after COVID-19.
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Some are saying COVID-19 will lead to a “suburban renaissance.” We’re not buying it. But there are some places that might become more popular in a post-coronavirus future.
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If your city isn’t pursuing this strategy to economic development, you’re missing out.
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Contrary to what has been asserted elsewhere, the suburbs are not about to have a renaissance. In fact, there are many reasons to believe we are nearing the end.
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Every city will feel the economic impact of the coronavirus crisis. But which cities are likely to feel it worst and longest?
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Do we open things up and get people back to work or do we continue to flatten the curve and live with the financial fallout? Economically, it’s a distinction without a difference.
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Some cities and states are allowing tenants to defer rent payments. What happens when those rents come due before the economy is back on its feet?
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The debate now is between saving jobs and saving lives. But there was a deeper question we should have been asking a long time ago.
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Learn how to build a strong and prosperous place from the experts at Strong Towns.
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The ultimate irony of our economic system is that the only mechanism we have to satisfy our needs is to increase our neediness.
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We fix our fragile economy by leaning into neighborliness and human decency.
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We created debt to serve us. Now we serve debt.
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The greatest threat to our economic model isn’t recession or even depression. It’s that we become content with our lives.
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We've traded stability for growth, but now we find that we have neither.
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What the use of face masks to slow coronavirus — or the lack of use — teaches us about why change is so hard.
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What comes after the pandemic is largely up to us. But the time to decide is now, and there is work we can do to get ready.
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Even before the pandemic, towns and cities across North America were drifting toward bankruptcy...and many of them didn’t even know it. Now’s the time to take control of your community’s financial future.
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