Thrilled to be on Fareed Zakaria on CNN to discuss how progressives have come to undermine themselves. From the Aspen Ideas Festival. youtube.com/live/HxKVXcDDU…

Was thrilled to be The States Forum's first event in Philly, and to contribute this piece to their journal. Congrats to Daniel Squadron Adam Pritzker and the whole team. statesforum.org/journal/issue-…

Progressives take their best shot at Abundance (but it falls short), by Noah Smith 🐇 noahpinion.blog/p/progressives…

Was thrilled to be invited onto Bradley Tusk's podcast to discuss WHY NOTHING WORKS. From a few weeks ago.... open.spotify.com/episode/2mjHkF…...

Excited to join in conversation with the folks at Casita Coalition in Pasadena next week at their National Housing Convening.

Did an interview with the RepublicOfLetters. Check it out! An Interview With Marc Dunkelman open.substack.com/pub/therepubli…

I have a piece in the Financial Times today arguing that we on the center-left are handling the specter of fascism in a misguided way. Your comments welcome! ft.com/content/890393… via @ft

Ahead of the big Abundance Conference in DC next week, Steve Teles delineates between the different streams of the idea. And I learned about the existence of the word "syncretic," proving, I suppose, that I'll never be a full-fledged member of the academy.

Friends--Check out this piece in today's Providence Journal about the Nonviolence Institute (Nonviolence Institute). Ask me about their big annual event coming up soon. A night of violence and building Martin Luther King's 'beloved community' | Opinion providencejournal.com/story/opinion/… via Providence Journal

Looking forward to the Abundance Conference this week in DC. Hope to see many of you there.

Was thrilled to join with the folks The Hub for a discussion of WHY NOTHING WORKS. thehub.ca/podcast/video/…

🚨New paper! I propose specific actions to reform permitting, balancing a reduction in back-end litigation with more robust and inclusive front-end planning, preserving core values while adapting to modern needs. Brookings Econ AEI Economics (link below)

This is a massive, massive paper. Anyone interested in infrastructure costs, transportation or the costs of providing government services more broadly needs to read it

Action photo of me, Virginia Postrel and Marc J. Dunkelman at the big Abundance conference

A New Democratic Think Tank Wants to Curb the Influence of Liberal Groups nytimes.com/2025/09/17/us/…

Had a chance to speak with Glenn Loury and John McWhorter. Been listening to them for years--cool to be able to chime in. open.substack.com/pub/glennloury…

This is the story we should all be talking about all the time. We're not teaching kids to read despite the fact that we know how to teach kids to read. Who could trust government to do more stuff when it does ordinary stuff so poorly? As a progressive, I'm enraged.

Friends in the Bay Area--Headed right now to Stanford's Hoover Institution for a conference on "Decadence or Renewal? Envisioning Competent Government in America." I'll be speaking on a public panel tomorrow (Sunday) at 530. Love to see you if you're free to come by.

Was thrilled to join Jeremey Ney to discuss Why Nothing Work on his substack, American Inequality. americaninequality.substack.com/p/why-nothing-…

New piece in The Atlantic arguing that Trump has become our NIMBY-in-chief, as evidence by what he's doing in NYC. Eager for your reax.... theatlantic.com/politics/archi…