Economist Michael Wiebe writes long-form analysis on Vancouver housing policy, including value capture and the constraints on laneway homes, and on economic models such as Jevons' paradox using supply and demand graphs. Readers get a clear explanation of how planning rules shape housing supply and worked economic reasoning with diagrams described in text.
Website: https://blog.michaelwiebe.com
A non-profit journalism co-op in British Columbia publishing investigative reporting on power, rights and authority, with recent issues covering how Victoria bylaw officers handle unhoused people's confiscated belongings. Issues include original reporting, behind-the-scenes accounts of investigations and podcast episodes.
A journal from the Niskanen Center publishing long-form essays on American politics, liberalism, and public policy, including housing and political science research. Readers get reasoned, research-informed arguments and book reviews on the renewal of democratic institutions.
Essays on technology and its political economy, critiquing AI hype, tech industry power, and US geopolitical strategy around chips and data centers. Readers get sharp, argumentative analysis linking housing, surveillance, and state power to the tech sector.
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