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Gentrification as a housing problem
The root cause of displacement is inflexible supply
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Heat waves
Why a hotter world might be a more dangerous, violent, and less productive one
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Deena Mousa

June 2024

To change a norm
How the war on drunk driving was won
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Nick Cowen
Fixing retail with land value capture
How to create beautiful shopping streets everywhere
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Ben Southwood
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Phil Levin

May 2024

How to start an advance market commitment
A practical guide from the founders of Frontier
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Nan Ransohoff
Invisible College applications close on Friday
Applications to our new residential seminar close this coming Friday, 31st May
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Ben Southwood
Does higher density cause lower birth rates?
Assessing one recent claim that it does
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Samuel Watling
Issue 15: To change a norm
Plus: bland buildings can't be blamed on labor costs, reasons to be sceptical about prediction markets, and gentrification policies that actually help.
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What did Henry George think about cities?
Solving the terrible urban conditions of the 1800s by abolishing cities
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Samuel Watling
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April 2024

Apply to come to Invisible College
Our new residential seminar for 18 to 22-year-olds, during August 2024
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Ben Southwood
How Israel turned homeowners into YIMBYs
A housing success story
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