New from me at Governing. Manufactured housing offers SERIOUS cost savings. A single-section manufactured home costs just 35% of a comparable site-built house. States have a long history of laws mandating equal zoning treatment for MH, but if these laws are having an effect, it's hard to see.

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Kids, if you think the HSC is a frustrating, pointless exercise of hard work, made of arbitrary tasks without intrinsic meaning, you’re going to love working for the next forty years of your lives

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New working paper: the Norwegian wealth tax was a huge success. The "exodus" of wealthy people never happened (less than 100 individuals left). Tax revenue increased by 71.5%. No changes in business activity or investment. www.nber.org/papers/w35854

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I bash planners a lot but this is the root of having your heart in the right place, wanting everyone to be happy, and not make anyone upset. But it’s also an inability to accept every decision has a tradeoff and you need leadership

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I'm becoming increasingly radicalised against this project. Not the concept of a square so much, but definitely this implementation. Can you really have a European-style square without umbrellas, tables and the ability to buy a beer or wine?

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