The past thirty years have seen a dramatic decrease in the rate of income convergence across U.S. states.
This decline coincides with a…
Many people in Massachusetts are talking about the need to attract and retain young workers, but we are hardly sending out the welcome…
John M. Quigley, who died last week, was a pioneering economist who helped change the way we think about housing. He devised statistical…
Popular discussions often treat the great housing boom of the 1996-2006 period as if it were a national phenomenon with similar impacts…
Before the Internet age, when my car had some minor problem, I would choose a car shop at random and walk out with a whopping bill for some…
The Moving to Opportunity (MTO) for Fair Housing demonstration provided an opportunity for low-income renters to move to low-poverty…
Dust off your banjos, because “Charlie on the MTA,’’ the old song bemoaning Boston-area transit fares, is timely once again. Facing a…
We shouldn't count on the housing market to carry America back into economic uplands.
Last week, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke…
For over fifty years numerous public intellectuals and social theorists have insisted that community is dead. Some would have us believe…
Barney Frank’s impending exit from Congress is a milestone not just for him, but also for the remarkable set of civic leaders who came of…