{"id":1109,"date":"2008-12-21T02:30:29","date_gmt":"2008-12-21T09:30:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/yulelog\/?p=1109"},"modified":"2008-12-21T21:44:13","modified_gmt":"2008-12-22T04:44:13","slug":"the-sunday-diigo-links-post-weekly-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/yulelog\/2008\/12\/21\/the-sunday-diigo-links-post-weekly-11\/","title":{"rendered":"The Sunday Diigo Links Post (weekly)"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"diigo-linkroll\">\n<li>\n<p class=\"diigo-link\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ryanavent.com\/blog\/?p=1697\">The Bellows \u00bb Homes on the Cheap<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"diigo-description\">Housing price downturn hasn&#8217;t fixed or addressed the affordable housing crisis, and it would be a good thing if liberal\/progressive policy makers engaged with the ideas of &#8220;conservatives&#8221; like Ed Glaeser and Joseph Gyourko, who advocate &#8220;a substantial increase in housing vouchers and federal measures to incentivize growth in housing supply in tight markets.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>QUOTE<br \/>\nWhat a lot of urban liberals are going to have to understand is that much of what they know is wrong. Low densities and excessive urban green space aren\u2019t actually all that environmentally beneficial, since they act to reduce housing supply and shift population growth to places like exurban Houston, where the living is dirty (in an emissions sense). NIMBYs who fight development around transit may have good intentions, but they may as well be spending their time lobbying for new highways and coal plants. And suburbs, with their extensive, and very restrictive rules on land use and building use and design, act as heavy anchors preventing us from making housing more affordable, economies more dynamic, and carbon intensities lower.<br \/>\nUNQUOTE<\/p>\n<p>And for pete&#8217;s sake, read the comments &#8211; great stuff in there.<\/p>\n<p class=\"diigo-tags\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/cloud\/lampertina\">tags<\/a>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/lampertina\/ryan_avent\">ryan_avent<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/lampertina\/the_bellows\">the_bellows<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/lampertina\/affordable_housing\">affordable_housing<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/lampertina\/housing\">housing<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/lampertina\/affordability\">affordability<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/lampertina\/policy\">policy<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/lampertina\/edward_glaeser\">edward_glaeser<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"diigo-link\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/manifestmagazine.wordpress.com\/2008\/12\/18\/printing-facility\">From magazine warehouse to a printing facility \u00ab Manifest Magazine<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"diigo-description\">Interesting idea by Manifest Magazine (Wahyd) to &#8220;replace&#8221; Cambridge MA&#8217;s Out of Town News (which will close 1\/1\/09) with a print-on-demand shop.<\/p>\n<p>Related to this: I left comments on Scripting.com and Doc Searls&#8217; weblog (both had blogged this).<\/p>\n<p class=\"diigo-tags\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/cloud\/lampertina\">tags<\/a>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/lampertina\/manifest_magazine\">manifest_magazine<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/lampertina\/newspapers\">newspapers<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/lampertina\/business_model\">business_model<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/lampertina\/harvard\">harvard<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/lampertina\/cambridge_ma\">cambridge_ma<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"diigo-link\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/dailysplice.com\/play?s_id=3&amp;restrict_to=3330\">&#8220;Financial 9-1-1: Implications of the Economic Crisis &#8211; The UVic President&#8217;s Panel on the Economy&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"diigo-description\">Podcast of the panel\/symposium hosted by University of Victoria on 11\/18\/08 re. &#8220;Financial 9-1-1: Implications of the Economic Crisis &#8211; The UVic President&#8217;s Panel on the Economy&#8221;<br \/>\nQUOTE<br \/>\nHow might the current economic crisis affect your house, your job, your future? Gain insight and a fresh perspective on the global financial crisis from this panel discussion featuring business, economic, and financial experts from UVic and the community.<\/p>\n<p>Speakers: Graham Voss, UVic, Associate Professor, Department of Economics<br \/>\nBasma Majerbi, UVic, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Business<br \/>\nTom Siemens, RBC, Vice President Commercial Banking<br \/>\nRobert Jawl, Jawl Properties, Principal<br \/>\nTony Gage, Head, JEA Pension System Solutions<br \/>\nUNQUOTE<\/p>\n<p>Local perspective.<\/p>\n<p class=\"diigo-tags\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/cloud\/lampertina\">tags<\/a>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/lampertina\/uvic\">uvic<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/lampertina\/economy\">economy<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/lampertina\/financial_crisis\">financial_crisis<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/lampertina\/podcast\">podcast<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/lampertina\/daily_splice\">daily_splice<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/lampertina\/victoria\">victoria<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"diigo-link\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/research.cibcwm.com\/res\/Eco\/ArEcoMEA.html\">CIBC World Markets &#8211; Economics &amp; Strategy &#8211; Metropolitan Economic Activity<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"diigo-description\">QUOTE<br \/>\nThe CIBCWM Metropolitan Economic Activity Index<\/p>\n<p>Using 9 key macroeconomic variables, we have developed a metropolitan index of economic activity, which is structured in a way that approximates the change in each city&#8217;s level of economic activity. With data going back for almost 10 years, our index enables us not only to monitor the current performance of a given city but also to track its cyclical behavior against the national economy and other census metropolitan areas (CMAs). The focus is on the 25 largest CMAs in Canada.<\/p>\n<p>The macro variables used to develop the index are: (1) Population growth, (2) Employment growth, (3) Unemployment rate, (4) Full-time share in total employment, (5) Personal bankruptcy rate, (6) Business bankruptcy rate, (7) Housing starts, (8) MLS Housing resales, and (9) Non-Residential building permits. We combined all the above information into one index per city: &#8220;The CIBCWM Metropolitan Economic Activity Index&#8221;1.<br \/>\nUNQUOTE<\/p>\n<p>The link to the synopsis (Metro Monitor &#8211; Canadian Cities: An Economic Snapshot 12\/17\/08) is on this page (PDF) :<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/research.cibcwm.com\/economic_public\/download\/metro_monitor.pdf (6 pages)<\/p>\n<p class=\"diigo-tags\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/cloud\/lampertina\">tags<\/a>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/lampertina\/cibc\">cibc<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/lampertina\/canada\">canada<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/lampertina\/metros\">metros<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/lampertina\/census_metropolitan_areas\">census_metropolitan_areas<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/lampertina\/economy\">economy<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/lampertina\/world_markets\">world_markets<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/lampertina\/markets\">markets<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"diigo-link\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mediaincanada.com\/articles\/mic\/20081216\/kubas.html\">Newspaper revenues to plummet in 2009 says new study<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"diigo-description\">QUOTE<br \/>\nNewspaper revenues in 2009 will plummet while online revenue will grow, states Preview 2009 &#8211; a survey of 400 daily newspaper executives by Toronto-based marketing research firm Kubas Consultants.<\/p>\n<p>The online survey of both US and Canadian newspapers, of all sizes, revealed that more executives projected a downward spiral rather than increases in seven out of eight ad revenue categories -including employement classifieds, the &#8220;next disaster area,&#8221; at &#8211; 16% projected change, says the report. While online ad revenues appear to grow at 13.6%, automotive and real estate classifieds, among other categories, will see decreasing growth in ad sales of -15.5% and -13.8% respectively.<br \/>\nUNQUOTE<\/p>\n<p>But what are Canadian newspapers doing?  &#8220;&#8230;they are more focused on improving sales technology and upgrading printing equipment.&#8221;  Upgrading *printing* equipment???<\/p>\n<p class=\"diigo-tags\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/cloud\/lampertina\">tags<\/a>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/lampertina\/2009\">2009<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/lampertina\/kubas\">kubas<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/lampertina\/newspapers\">newspapers<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/lampertina\/revenue\">revenue<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/lampertina\/advertising\">advertising<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"diigo-link\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mediaincanada.com\/articles\/mic\/20081216\/Kubas.pdf\">&#8220;Preview 2009: Newspapers&#8217; Outlook on Ad Revenue Growth and Strategic Initiatives&#8221; (PDF Kubas)<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"diigo-description\">Read later.<\/p>\n<p class=\"diigo-tags\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/cloud\/lampertina\">tags<\/a>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/lampertina\/kubas\">kubas<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/lampertina\/newspapers\">newspapers<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/lampertina\/advertising\">advertising<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/lampertina\/revenue\">revenue<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/lampertina\/2009\">2009<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"diigo-link\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/theoaklandpress.com\/articles\/2008\/12\/14\/opinion\/doc4944876017642127238243.txt\">Citizen journalism will shape the new face of the Oakland Press &#8211; The Oakland Press Opinion: The best place for news in and around Oakland County<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"diigo-description\">Must read later; filed for now.<\/p>\n<p class=\"diigo-tags\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/cloud\/lampertina\">tags<\/a>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/lampertina\/oakland\">oakland<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/lampertina\/citizen_journalism\">citizen_journalism<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/lampertina\/newspapers\">newspapers<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"diigo-link\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/printedition\/news\/20081212\/1ahouseprices12_cv.art.htm\">&#8220;Why home values may take decades to recover,&#8221; by Dennis Cauchon (USAToday.com)<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"diigo-description\">Quite a horrifying article about the depth (and breadth) housing&#8217;s role in the financial crisis, and why the market is in the doldrums in a bad bad way.<br \/>\nQUOTE:<br \/>\nHome values have fallen before \u2014 during the Great Depression and in Texas after a 1980s oil boom, for example \u2014 but those drops were a response to other economic forces. This time, the housing price collapse is the cause of the nation&#8217;s broad economic troubles, not just an effect.<br \/>\nUNQUOTE<\/p>\n<p class=\"diigo-tags\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/cloud\/lampertina\">tags<\/a>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/lampertina\/usatoday\">usatoday<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/lampertina\/housing\">housing<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/lampertina\/subprime_mortgage_crisis\">subprime_mortgage_crisis<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/lampertina\/bailout\">bailout<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/lampertina\/financial_crisis\">financial_crisis<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/lampertina\/economy\">economy<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"diigo-link\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/newsOne\/idUSTRE4BA5CO20081211\">Jim Rogers calls most big U.S. banks bankrupt | U.S. | Reuters<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"diigo-description\">Not a pretty picture:<br \/>\nQUOTE<br \/>\nJim Rogers, one of the world&#8217;s most prominent international investors, on Thursday called most of the largest U.S. banks &#8220;totally bankrupt,&#8221; and said government efforts to fix the sector are wrongheaded.<br \/>\nUNQUOTE<\/p>\n<p class=\"diigo-tags\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/cloud\/lampertina\">tags<\/a>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/lampertina\/bailout\">bailout<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/lampertina\/financial_crisis\">financial_crisis<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/lampertina\/ethics\">ethics<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/lampertina\/bankrupt\">bankrupt<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"diigo-link\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalpost.com\/story.html?id=1078069\">&#8220;Need for infrastructure investment nears crisis point,&#8221; by Mike De Souza (National Post)<\/a><span class=\"diigo-link-opts\"> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/04hqa\">Annotated<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"diigo-description\">Yet another article on the massive infrastructure crisis in Canada, and the federal attempts to boost the economy by putting money into infrastructure upgrades.<\/p>\n<p class=\"diigo-tags\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/cloud\/lampertina\">tags<\/a>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/lampertina\/national_post\">national_post<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/lampertina\/canada\">canada<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/lampertina\/cities\">cities<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/lampertina\/infrastructure_funding\">infrastructure_funding<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/lampertina\/infrastructure\">infrastructure<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/lampertina\/federal\">federal<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/lampertina\/bailout\">bailout<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"diigo-link\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/article\/553733\">&#8220;Time for intelligent, sexy infrastructure,&#8221; by Christopher Hume (TheStar.com)<\/a><span class=\"diigo-link-opts\"> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/04hqb\">Annotated<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"diigo-description\">Everyone is talking about infrastructure now. &#8220;Roosevelt 2.0,&#8221; I guess. Hume has some interesting takes, as usual.<\/p>\n<p class=\"diigo-tags\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/cloud\/lampertina\">tags<\/a>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/lampertina\/thestar\">thestar<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/lampertina\/christopher_hume\">christopher_hume<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/lampertina\/infrastructure\">infrastructure<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/lampertina\/infrastructure_funding\">infrastructure_funding<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/lampertina\/bailout\">bailout<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/lampertina\/canada\">canada<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/lampertina\/cities\">cities<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Posted from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\">Diigo<\/a>. The rest of my favorite links are <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/lampertina\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Bellows \u00bb Homes on the Cheap Housing price downturn hasn&#8217;t fixed or addressed the affordable housing crisis, and it would be a good thing if liberal\/progressive policy makers engaged with the ideas of &#8220;conservatives&#8221; like Ed Glaeser and Joseph Gyourko, who advocate &#8220;a substantial increase in housing vouchers and federal measures to incentivize growth [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":311,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[290],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-links"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/yulelog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1109","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/yulelog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/yulelog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/yulelog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/311"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/yulelog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1109"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/yulelog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1109\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/yulelog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/yulelog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/yulelog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}