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Management Cybernetics 101 for Urbanists & YIMBYs
Why Do Cities Feel Stuck? Let's Look at the System
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Dave Deek
Unconditional Cash & Parental Priorities
At a Glance: Unconditional Cash and the "Money vs. Time" Decision
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Dave Deek
Focusing on Implementation Unlocked Faster Aid for Millions in India
The secret wasn't new rules, but less friction. New research shows how making data accessible for officials transformed program delivery.
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Dave Deek
Is US Policy Getting the Cost of Children Wrong?
New research using life satisfaction suggests welfare thresholds may overestimate the cost of a first child, while tax relief drastically & dramatically…
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Dave Deek
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Do R&D Grants Work? New Research Shows A Firm's Size Matters
A European study reveals subsidies boost innovation investment in SMEs but large firms prefer to use public money to substitute, not increase, R&D…
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Dave Deek

April 2025

The University Dividend: Capital, Research, and Regional Renewal
Can Policy Effectively Bridge Innovation Supply with Investment Needs?
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Dave Deek
Building Urbanism+ on BlueSky
An email interview with @fema.monster about cultivating communities
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Dave Deek
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How Micromobility is Reviving Urban Travel
In 2019 while working for the City of Coral Gables, my calendar filled up with meetings with micromobility providers.
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Russia's Birth Rates: The Surprising Economic Links
Wages Show a Moderate Positive Link, Explaining ~14% of Regional Fertility Differences
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Dave Deek
Construction Capacity: America's Diminishing Housing Pipeline
5% Rent Growth Meets 3.5% Income Growth
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Dave Deek
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College Towns: Urbanism from a Past Era with Ryan Allen
How Universities Accidentally Preserved the Walkable America We Demolished Everywhere Else
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Dave Deek
Truman's Bureaucrats
Paperwork reduction before the Paperwork Reduction Act.
Published on State Capacitance • 
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