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Written by Clay ShirkyFirst published March 30, 2004 on the "Networks, Economics, and Culture" mailing list. Subscribe to the mailing list. I teach at NYU's Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP), where the student population is about evenly...

I returned to Culdesac last week to see how it's grown since my visit 2.5 years ago, right when the first residential building opened.

My notes on where the value comes from in entitlement-driven development, with an interactive model to stress-test deals.

Your social brain can be powerful intellectual tool

I want to tell you about the place I spent summers growing up. It's called Chautauqua Institution, and it's one of the most special places in the world - and not just because I spent my childhood there. Chautauqua is special because it is an idea...

We tend to choose larger homes than we want our neighbors to choose. The result: sprawling development that doesn't match what people actually want from their communities. People aim to maximize access and space when deciding where to live. All things...

In the US, it's common for local governments to focus on tax revenue produced by a property, without considering the costs it adds to the city's budget. This is like measuring how far a car can drive without considering how much gas it uses to get there.

One thing I like about Georgist land taxes is they reflect a deep-seated intuition many people have that land should be owned by the community, while still employing markets to ensure efficient use of this limited resource. People feel that land is specia

Pirate crews developed a surprisingly similar approach to compensation in the 17th century. Just like many startups, they also balanced equity incentives with other mechanisms that would be familiar to a startup employee today, such as bonuses. These...

A new city has been proposed in California, and I've never been more captivated by a vision for the future of my home state in my lifetime. This post is part of a series I'm writing about this bold proposal . One of the biggest questions I had ...