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Tag: Economy
An Insider’s Game
For decades, the pattern was the same: Find a plot of vacant land, raze it and put up a new subdivision of pristine single-family homes. Rinse, repeat ad infinitum. Then suddenly, the recession hit. The housing market bombed....
Read MoreBack to Basics
Thanks to Karin Caro and her friends at Blu Chip Marketing, I recently appeared on Michael Watt’s web show to have an in-depth discussion of Long Island’s regional issues. The topics included Long Island’s regional economy, the...
Read MoreIn Defense of Suburbia
The American suburb is dead. There would be a memorial service, but it seems like these days few writers, planners or millennials would attend it. Besides, with the rate the “brain drain” is going, there will soon be nobody to...
Read MoreIs This The Growth We Need?
The following was published on Long Island Business News’ Young Island: Long Island needs to start diversifying its regional economy if we’re going to shake off the shackles of the recession, and create a region for future...
Read MoreYou Can’t Build Your Way Out of an Economic Hole…But You Can Zone It
The following piece was published on Long Island Business New’s Young Island on 4/2/13:The following is the conversation held at every regional summit on Long Island:Advocate: Let’s keep our young people from leaving! There’s...
Read MoreThe State of Long Island’s Economy
The following was written for the Community Development Corporation’s annual report to NeighborWorks America. It presents a good snapshot of the economic realities that Long Islanders are currently facing, as well as a...
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