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July 30, 2023
26 Miles of Scaffolding Blights NYC’s Public Housing, Some Up for 10 Years
…feet, their time standing in years, not months. NYCHA, reported here for the first time, has 137,022 linear feet of sidewalk sheds — 26 miles — installed in 114 of its developments….
July 28, 2023
The Time Is Now for Workforce Innovation
Over the past two years, I have had the honor and privilege of steering AEI’s Workforce Future’s Initiative in collaboration with colleagues at The Brookings Institution and The Harvard Kennedy School’s Project…
July 27, 2023
Time to Do Something About the NILFs
…in February 2020 to 77.8 percent today—an all-time high—the male rate is about the same today that it was in February 2020 (89.1 percent then, 89.2 now). Where rates of labor-force participation for women…
July 27, 2023
Perspective: Can artificial intelligence teach us to be better workers?
…characteristics of artificial intelligence might arrive — including things like creativity, logical reasoning, and social/emotional reasoning, sensing and output. McKinsey’s timeline for increased capacity across a range of such capabilities has moved sharply forward. The…
July 25, 2023
What Relationship Outsourcing Says About Our Culture
How many of our relationships can we outsource? Apparently, there’s no end. A recent article in The New York Times describes a new kind of professional, a “surrogate partner,” who…
July 25, 2023
Why Is Economic Growth Good?
…and wants? As the New York Times once wrote about Apple co-founder Steve Jobs: “Mr. Jobs’s own research and intuition, not focus groups, were his guide. When asked what market research went into the…
July 25, 2023
Not Just Tulsa
…upon rowhouses—a vivid street life, frozen in time address by address. . . . They are imbued with an ominous sense of what’s to come: the willful, wholesale demolition of…
July 24, 2023
The Power of the Humble Pub
…pub culture continues to decline, so too does the social fabric of communities. As UK cultural observer Paul Kingsnorth sadly declares, “every time one goes, another connection with our past is…
July 23, 2023
Lawlessness Is Spreading in Our Cities
…misdemeanor, a level that the New York Times editorial board believes is much too low. As a result, theft by repeat offenders has become more commonplace. In 2023, New York City police identified 327 people who were…
July 21, 2023
Can Spain Defuse Its Depopulation Bomb?
…decades, with the marriage rate falling more than 50% in the same period. When data from last year showed that the Spanish birth rate had plummeted to an all-time low, Vox took to Twitter to describe…