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a television show about the obscene wealth and luxuries of the .01%, such... March 15, 2018Producing a television show about the obscene wealth and luxuries of the .01%, such as “Million Dollar Rooms,” where it was claimed that a suite or house or whatever rented at a rate of $160,000 a week, which is pretty ludicrous (around $8 million / year if filled at that quoted rate), presumably doesn’t think too much about the political consequences of its […]
- "And that’s why, like it or not, we need developments like Chroma— and lots of them. Chroma’s..." March 13, 2018“And that’s why, like it or not, we need developments like Chroma— and lots of them. Chroma’s ugliness is unconscionable, but privileging aesthetics over affordability is exactly what ruined the Village (and San Francisco’s Mission, and Chicago’s Wicker Park, and D.C.’s DuPont Circle, and—).” - Condo-Maximum | Kyle Paoletta
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Category Archives: India
Planning for a New Delhi
More than simply architectural, the plan is to transform vast slums into vertical apartment complexes. The difficulties India will face here are key to understanding why the PRC strictly controlled urbanization until recently. A Plan to Tame the Architectural Chaos … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, Delhi, India, megacities, urbanization
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The Yuan, or China and India
Recently issues of Chinese monetary/economic/banking policy, including some comparisons with India, have been much discussed in the blogosphere. I post links here without further comment. Brad Setser – Chindia (or maybe not) Martin Wolf – In This Brave World, Chindia’s … Continue reading
Posted in China, India, monetary policy, yuan
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