Adam D Schwartz

"The calcified edifice of expensively purchased pro-monopoly precedent is hard, but it appears brittle. With our support, [the FTC's] Ms. Khan ... will continue to hammer away at this yellowing old shell until it shatters."

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/27/opinion/amazon-ftc-antitrust-monopoly.html

@emoryr@techpolicy.social congratulations!

$2.7 million purchase price for an unremarkable, 1,200 square foot detached home in Palo Alto, Cal. This is the inevitable result of artificial scarcity. We must build more homes.

https://www.mercurynews.com/2023/10/04/single-family-residence-sells-in-palo-alto-for-2-7-million/

"In the past half century, by investing in transit and allowing development, [Tokyo] has added more housing units than the total number of units in New York City. ... Two full-time workers earning Tokyo’s minimum wage can comfortably afford the average rent for a two-bedroom apartment in six of the city’s 23 wards."

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/11/opinion/editorials/tokyo-housing.html

"[Berkley's] registry reveals that rent controlled apartments are declining in price as Berkeley undergoes a housing boom." https://darrellowens.substack.com/p/berkeley-rents-fall-amid-construction?r=8ndsd&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

Millennials are having trouble buying their first home. So build more homes! https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/08/12/millennial-home-buyers/

NIMBYs and fossil fuel interests unite against development of renewable offshore wind energy. https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/08/08/offshore-wind-energy-east-coast/