What is the secret to Tokyo’s affordable housing?

Is the secret of Tokyo being affordable that Japan lets its cities be messy?

Tokyo does not subsidise its transport system!

Pricing can be a very effective tool for allocating scarce resources.

Successful cities understand spatial economics

Basing a course of action on limited knowledge risks establishing a practice…

Auckland’s Housing Boom is an Emperor with New Clothes

Rocket scientists do not forget about gravity so why do planners forget about economic rent?

A Guest post by Phil Hayward introduces his weltanschauung or worldview for how cities work.

Canterbury’s Cowtopia

Cowtopia defined as: gains from dairy farming privatised to the few while environmental costs are socialised to the many.

Why don’t we have Boomtowns anymore?

The housing crisis is a problem because it increases the entry costs for employment.

Downsizing Auckland’s Unitary Plan

Auckland’s new urban plan is already failing. History indicates renegotiating a new plan will be tough. Nevertheless a new plan will be needed to satisfy public expectations.

Zoning Politics for the Many not the Few

Part one: The background picture

Crony Capitalism in New Zealand

New Zealand’s housing crisis and its inadequate response to it, exposes a dark morally corrupt…