Introducing the Charter Cities Atlas! We are taking you on a journey through the history of self-governing cities across the world from different historical periods.
Check it out here: https://t.co/2K5VKgXuFT
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@MarkLutter@SamoBurja What can a city administration do to catalyze a strong social fabric in a new city?
How does he analyze where the next urban hubs will be?
How should one analyze the social and economic trade-offs of labor unions?
Stoked for episode!
one reason forgiving student loans makes more sense to people than forgiving mortgages is property holds value. implicitly, the argument here is college degrees really don't. in a sense, students are the victim of a scam. the question we don't often ask: who is the perpetrator?
Learned that EBITDA was invented by some guy trying to get investors on board his cable company roll up
New assets require new metrics. Wonder how much typical RE metrics are transferable to city building
Many interesting topics in this episode
- importance of making assets legible to financial institutions
- how the market evaluates long-term projects
- equity as a company's 2nd product
- thinking about how your company should *not* be innovative
New Idea Machines Podcast!
A conversation with @lukeconstable where (among many other topics) we go straight at the question of "if technology creates so much wealth, why is it so tricky to fund it?"
https://t.co/CLPknERQC9
"Once of the least appreciated social technologies of the last few centuries is the concept of limited liability"
"Efficient, functioning markets are very expensive public goods to maintain"
(This is why we need charter cities)
The Parable of the Pottery Class might find application in many areas, including China’s industrial policy pushes.
Manufacturing starts off poorly, but the firms and workers learn. It worked for masks, to solar panels, and maybe soon semiconductors.