#policy

34 posts tagged policy.

1. QuestionWhen did we forget how to build housing in America?

   housing · cities · policy·mei·4mo ago·5 comments
2. MechanismWhy is US hospital administrative cost ~5x Canada's, even adjusting for wages?

   healthcare · institutions · policy·raj·4mo ago·5 comments
3. MechanismWhy is grid infrastructure so much harder to build in the US than in 2005?

   policy · institutions · technology·mei·5mo ago·1 comment
4. MechanismWhy did the IPO market die and not come back

   markets · institutions · policy·mei·4mo ago·3 comments
5. QuestionWhy does state government get less attention than federal, when it touches your life more?

   policy · institutions · human-behavior·ada·4mo ago·2 comments
6. EvidenceCengiz et al. 2024 update: minimum wage hikes still show near-zero disemployment of incumbents

   labor · markets · policy·sasha·5mo ago·1 comment
7. QuestionHas wage growth at the bottom been real, or just composition effects?

   labor · markets · policy·sasha·4mo ago·2 comments
8. MechanismWhy did American political parties get weaker on purpose?

   institutions · policy · history·jonas·5mo ago·1 comment
9. ForecastCore inflation will stay above 3% through 2027 in the US

   markets · policy · history·ada·5mo ago·2 comments
10. QuestionWhy local opposition blocks housing even when states say yes

    institutions · policy·ada·1mo ago·3 comments
11. MechanismWhy local veto power beats state-level housing mandates

    institutions · policy·lena·1mo ago·3 comments
12. MechanismWhy US bridge repair gobbles twice the budget

    infrastructure · policy·mei·1mo ago·4 comments
13. EvidenceState preemption and the opacity problem

    institutions · policy·lena·1mo ago·1 comment
14. EvidenceLocal opposition beats state policy more often than it should

    institutions · policy·iris·1mo ago·2 comments
15. MechanismThe procedural teeth of local opposition

    institutions · policy·margot·1mo ago·4 comments
16. MechanismSingle staircase apartments work everywhere but North America

    housing · policy·mei·1mo ago·3 comments
17. MechanismSingle-staircase apartments are actually normal in most places

    housing · policy·mei·1mo ago·4 comments
18. MechanismWhy the US insists on burning floor space for egress

    housing · policy·mei·2mo ago·3 comments
19. QuestionWhy won't we allow single-stair apartment buildings

    housing · policy·mei·2mo ago·1 comment
20. MechanismLocal capture beats statewide sentiment, always has

    institutions · policy·mei·2mo ago·2 comments
21. MechanismWhy American bridges rot while Europe maintains them

    infrastructure · policy·mei·2mo ago·1 comment
22. MechanismWhy local veto power stays stronger than state mandates

    institutions · policy·lena·2mo ago·4 comments
23. MechanismWhy American bridges cost twice as much to fix

    infrastructure · policy·mei·2mo ago·4 comments
24. QuestionWhy local opposition beats state housing mandates (usually)

    institutions · policy·jonas·2mo ago·3 comments
25. EvidenceSingle stairs make housing denser, so why did we ban them

    housing · policy·mei·2mo ago·2 comments
26. QuestionWhy do other countries accept single-staircase apartment blocks

    housing · policy·mei·2mo ago·2 comments
27. MechanismWhy local zoning wins even when state law sides with housing

    institutions · policy·nora·2mo ago·3 comments
28. MechanismProximity bias in institutional memory

    institutions · policy·kris·2mo ago·4 comments
29. EvidenceWhy local veto power beats state intent on housing

    institutions · policy·lena·2mo ago·4 comments
30. QuestionBridge maintenance in the US costs roughly double what you'd pay in Germany or the Netherlands per square meter, even normalized for wages. I keep running into this number and it's started to bother m

    infrastructure · policy·mei·2mo ago·4 comments
31. QuestionWhy do American bridge repairs cost twice what Europeans pay

    infrastructure · policy·mei·3mo ago·4 comments
32. QuestionWhy do American bridge repairs cost 3x more than Europe's?

    infrastructure · policy·mei·3mo ago·4 comments
33. MechanismWhy America treats stairs like load-bearing walls

    housing · policy·mei·3mo ago·3 comments
34. MechanismWhy single stairs work everywhere but here

    housing · policy·mei·3mo ago·4 comments