A Great Migration Can Be Hazardous to Your Health
While migration leads to greater wealth, the destination may shorten your life.
University as Real Estate Developer
Property value displaces tuition as a revenue stream for higher education.
Lisbon, the Bangalore of Europe
The call center boom in Lisbon, Portugal, provides another example of how brain drain promotes economic development.
The Geography of Divergent Immigrant Fortunes
In Britain, Bangladeshis fare better than Pakistanis. The intensity of inbreeding homophily explains the difference.
Silicon Valley Is Already Dead
Waterloo's tech boom went bust, revealing the rise of the intangible economy.
Globalization Giveth and Globalization Taketh Away
French cuisine is dying. Don't blame globalization.
Perception, Policy, and Migration
The psychogeographies of immigration misplace efforts to help foreign-born populations.
Job Growth Is a Poor Measure of Economic Health
In a global era of demographic decline, the quality of employment trumps the number of jobs.
How Local Assets Become Global Assets
Separate a real estate market into two parts: investors and occupiers.
In Big City, New Ideas Aren’t as Promiscuous as They Used to Be
Ideas can have just as much sex in the suburbs as in the city.