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Jeff Horwich

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Learning from the first (and only) manufactured housing boom

Economist James Schmitz Jr. sees factory-made homes as the only substantial way to supply more affordable housing

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How local economic diversity improves worker welfare

A look at “Economic Diversity and the Resilience of Cities”

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