Housing Bubble, credit bubble, public planning, land use, zoning and transportation in the exurban environment. Specific criticism of smart growth, neotradtional, forms based, new urbanism and other top down planner schemes to increase urban extent and density. Ventura County, California specific examples.
Monday, January 06, 2014
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Okay, back to the shed in the back yard aka the office. While I wade through the ephemera here's a fun pic I took Friday:
I take unusual pictures.
Here's what everyone does:
Janet Yellen will be the first woman to head the U.S. Federal Reserve, the world's most powerful central bank, when she becomes chair at the end of the month.
“Wall Street remains exuberant about economic prospects. Last week brought a 6-year high in consumer confidence, evidently supporting the idea that the consumer remains strong and the economic expansion remains intact. Unfortunately, if you examine the data, you'll quickly discover that consumer confidence is a lagging indicator, well explained by past movements in GDP, employment, and capacity utilization. Worse, for the stock market, it's a contrary indicator. This is a fact that I've noted at both extremes, not only in early 2000 when new highs in consumer confidence supported a defensive position, but conversely in the early 1990's, when new lows in consumer confidence supported a leveraged position in stocks. High levels of economic optimism are regularly observed at the peaks of both U.S. and foreign economic expansions. This includes the general consensus of individuals, businesses, politicians, central bank officials and notoriously – economists. That shouldn't be surprising. It's the very nature of a peak that it can't be produced except by unusual optimism.”
A good topic for a post...Richardson suggests that "what is needed—an integrated, coordinated national grid system." I'd suggest that a uniform national standard implemented locally would be a better choice.
"I'd suggest that a uniform national standard implemented locally would be a better choice."
We need all of the above. Not the Chinese menu, but the 10 course meal. A large number of smaller local generation sources plus regional grids and a national intertie system.
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Those fascia stones in the third pic look a bit uneven. Wonder if the may have been any settling since that place was built?
Landfills always make for stable land to build on, no?
River Ridge!
I like the first pic. Nice job Rob
Janet Yellen will be the first woman to head the U.S. Federal Reserve, the world's most powerful central bank, when she becomes chair at the end of the month.
The Facts About Income Inequality May Surprise You...By Gary Burtless
Worth reading...the real takeaway is that you can't look at income alone to decide how well someone is doing over time.
The Nature of a Peak: Unusual Optimism - John Hussman
“Wall Street remains exuberant about economic prospects. Last week brought a 6-year high in consumer confidence, evidently supporting the idea that the consumer remains strong and the economic expansion remains intact. Unfortunately, if you examine the data, you'll quickly discover that consumer confidence is a lagging indicator, well explained by past movements in GDP, employment, and capacity utilization. Worse, for the stock market, it's a contrary indicator. This is a fact that I've noted at both extremes, not only in early 2000 when new highs in consumer confidence supported a defensive position, but conversely in the early 1990's, when new lows in consumer confidence supported a leveraged position in stocks. High levels of economic optimism are regularly observed at the peaks of both U.S. and foreign economic expansions. This includes the general consensus of individuals, businesses, politicians, central bank officials and notoriously – economists. That shouldn't be surprising. It's the very nature of a peak that it can't be produced except by unusual optimism.”
...the real takeaway is that you can't look at income alone
True. I look at median income for an area vs cost of living for the area.
http://www.epi.org/resources/budget/
Three arrested after firefight with RCMP in rural Alberta
Guess they need more gun control up there in Canuckistan...
America’s Third World Energy Grid
A good topic for a post...Richardson suggests that "what is needed—an integrated, coordinated national grid system." I'd suggest that a uniform national standard implemented locally would be a better choice.
"I'd suggest that a uniform national standard implemented locally would be a better choice."
We need all of the above. Not the Chinese menu, but the 10 course meal. A large number of smaller local generation sources plus regional grids and a national intertie system.
Did you see where there are fossils of feathers left in the stones of the wall? One of my favorite things about those walls.
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