Jerusalem Demsas

The Hoff Crab is neither a crab nor is it David Hasselhoff. It is a Yeti Crab, which is neither a Yeti nor a Crab but a sub-group of Squat Lobsters, which are not lobsters, they're Anomurans, like Mole Crabs, which are neither moles, nor crabs.

DSA-aligned Democrats are now the most pro-free-trade voting bloc in the United States, in an incredible turn of events www.theargumentmag.com/p/who-suppor...

"For the first time ever, more people are employed by remodeling companies than by single-family and multifamily developers combined." (h/t @josephpolitano.bsky.social) www.theargumentmag.com/p/americas-e...

Horrifying. ICE confirms measles outbreak at Dilley family detention center. www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-dil...

George Borjas posting a paper about researchers selecting models that best fit their ideological assumptions

This was a very persuasive piece that changed my mind!

almost as good as the freedom of speech guy speaking up in opposition to taxes to pay for a new school because the old one burned down

I liked this take on the Abundance conference www.theargumentmag.com/p/a-tale-of-...

"The hard right’s only cohesive goal is to shred liberal values, and the movements that flow from them. To ally with these groups is to court self-destruction." @jerusalem.bsky.social www.theargumentmag.com/p/a-tale-of-...

Truth Nuke

There's something so telling about the Trumpist right's insistence that using a slur for people with a disability is a sign of bravery

In which I spent $425 to hear a couple guys say "retarded" www.theargumentmag.com/p/a-tale-of-...

The biggest problem American liberalism faces is how to maintain high levels of immigration while respecting the democratic will of the public. I have an idea. www.theargumentmag.com/p/liberals-d...

I do think that this is largely a proxy for costs in general. There was not some major tax increase in 2020, people are just reacting to inflation! There's a lesson here... lowering people's costs is a necessary prerequisite to raising taxes! Can I interest you in a little YIMBY-ism?

“The intellectual victory of the YIMBYs can sometimes obscure how precarious our position really is: A whole edifice of opposition to land-use reforms is still in place — people in power with formative political experiences and assumptions from a prior era.” Recommended reading!

This article on two Swiss rent control regimes is the most diabolical thing I’ve ever read on the topic. Basel does it by regulating cap rates?!?! Swiss state capacity must be insanely high – not sure this is how I’d use it, but you do gotta hand it to them www.ey.com/en_ch/insigh...

I have a new essay @theargument.bsky.social on the increasingly challenging problem of NIMBY state trial court judges.

“Many communities across the U.S. have adopted a form of legal housing discrimination that ensures cheap places to live for... Gen Xers and Boomers, while leaving families with children nowhere to turn.” www.theargumentmag.com/p/no-country... By @jerusalem.bsky.social #housing+ #urbanism+ #urbanism

After my "case for staying on Twitter" got a bunch of interesting responses, @adamgurri.liberalcurrents.com demanded that I debate him. www.theargumentmag.com/p/mad-libs-g...

Kelsey Piper's idea to fix the housing market is so insane... so insane it just might work. www.theargumentmag.com/p/ai-broke-j...

Thought that this was an interesting read. Not something I was aware of. As a child of parents, we all need to do our part:

fantastic article (as usual) on a topic you can't unsee as soon as you actually pay attention to the market for new builds -- so much of it is 55+

“I know it’s exhausting, but when I think about our work here, especially if you have dedicated funding, it’s just easy to lose sight or maybe feel too comfortable in the growth patterns — but you can’t let your foot off the gas." www.vox.com/policy/45890...

The realtor showing me my current apartment was super-clear that the landlord doesn't want to rent to families with kids.

Small n, so not claiming this will be representative but here's the ratio of where our traffic came from for the Mad Libs debate between Bruenig & Piper

my favorite part of reading old speeches is when they insert "loud and long continued applause" we've gotta start doing this again