Jason Richardson

Nerdy/geographer/civil rights worker/Economic refugee from Florida @_editengine

A Few Thoughts on Bifurcated Labor Before Jobs Day

Just a few notes on some different stories I am reading this week as we get ready for jobs day. It has long been understood that as…

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Why Expensive Housing is a Good Thing (You read that right)

or “How to answer those folks back home that can’t believe how much a home costs where you live”

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Is Student Loan Debt Really Suppressing the Housing Recovery?

New reports offer conflicting viewpoints, but may combine to suggest a stunning solution.

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About a month ago, we were discussing Uber, and the headaches it is increasingly causing the taxi industry, a traditional sector made up of…

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The economics of “everyone’s private driver”

What happens when cab drivers stop being employees and start being sole proprietors

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On Taxis and Rainbows

Lessons from NYC’s improperly anonymized taxi logs

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