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The dysfunctional tiger
How to upzone Hong Kong
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Benedict Springbett
The Spanish grid collapse
Inertia and why we need it
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Alex Chalmers
The fewer the merrier
The merits of unified land ownership
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Samuel Hughes
The future of silk
Silk is stronger than steel or kevlar. What could it be used for?
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Hiawatha Bray
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The secret liberalization of animal drugs
The FDA should do something similar for humans
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Trevor Klee
The discovery of copper
How the metal made the material world
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Ed Conway
The breaking of Britain's National Grid
A story of aging infrastructure and perverse incentives
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Alex Chalmers
The failure of the land value tax
Implementing it in Britain destroyed the then-dominant Liberal Party.
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Samuel Watling
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Another reason housing in Texas is cheap
What we’ve been reading: urbanism, science, tech, aesthetics and more …
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Aria Babu
Invisible College: Applications close on 28th April
Apply to come to our premier event for students
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Ben Southwood
570 million Frenchmen
France's decline coincided with a collapse in its birth rate – now we know why.
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Guillaume Blanc
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