The Argument

The Argument

Toward abundance

The loneliest Americans are the ones who can't make rent
An epidemic of bad data
 • Paddy C Maher
Red states get Waymos. Blue states get studies.
How to kill progress with a study
 • Kelsey Piper
Stop calling housing regulations “small-bore.”
Not everything is a conspiracy.
 • Jerusalem Demsas
Why schools keep losing the technology bet
A computer in every classroom was supposed to revolutionize education. Now AI is making the same promise.
 • Kelsey Piper
Did feminization kill progress?
No.
 • Jerusalem Demsas
How scarcity politics eats liberalism
Why liberalism needs abundance
 • Jerusalem Demsas
The hypocrisy of abundance
The groups critique is not just an electoral fight, it's pointing at a deep problem in U.S. democracy.
 • Jerusalem Demsas
Why NIMBYs hate housing
How symbols and aesthetics shape housing fights – and what reformers should do differently.
 • Jerusalem Demsas and Chris Elmendorf
1:07:40
Everybody hates renters
Institutional investors in the housing market… here we go again
 • Jerusalem Demsas
The NIMBY Christmas cinematic universe
Hallmark movies as anti-housing propaganda
 • Jerusalem Demsas
In defense of stuff
Go crazy, buy your kid 37 dolls
 • Jerusalem Demsas
Why I'm not a centrist
Liberalism is an ideology. Centrism is a tactic.
 • Jerusalem Demsas
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