“The first step is for Americans to learn from the successfully affordable and accessible cities of the world. Ironically, these successful cities are typically more market-based in their planning decisions than the supposedly hyper-capitalist US.”
Read more: https://fee.org/articles/the-unbearable-truth-about-infrastructure-and-urban-sprawl/
“A study of the out-migration by Joint Venture Silicon Valley says workers are moving to Sacramento, Austin, and Portland due to a number of factors. But topping the list is the high cost of housing.”
“Investor Peter Thiel is moving his residence and business operations from San Francisco to Los Angeles. The decision underscores a growing divide between the outspoken tech industry conservative and Silicon Valley.”
Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2018/02/15/peter-thiel-is-reportedly-exiting-silicon-valley.html
“The street’s enhanced security and isolated location have attracted some of the wealthiest and most powerful politicians in California over the years, including Sen. Dianne Feinstein and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi. Cheng says the outcome of the hearing shows that a different standard of government applies to the rich and politically connected in San Francisco.”
“California’s plan to deny pipeline permits for transporting oil from new leases off the Pacific Coast is the most forceful step yet by coastal states trying to halt the biggest proposed expansion in decades of federal oil and gas leasing.”
“This is where the story becomes quite curious. The new bill will reduce output for all brewers except for one: the new Guinness Brewery being built in southwest Baltimore.”
Read more: https://fee.org/articles/a-beer-war-is-brewing-in-maryland/
“Its public school system, organized as a single, island-wide district, is among the weakest in the United States and long plagued by bloated administrative spending. In some age groups, less than 10 percent of students meet federal testing standards.”
“The answer to monopolistic costs imposed upon consumers is competition. With these three major corporations turning their attentions to providing just that, it may be possible to get genuine reform.”
Read more: https://fee.org/articles/can-amazon-fix-american-health-care/
“Research demonstrates the Importance of immigrants to the creation and growth of America’s largest and most valuable companies.”
Read more: https://fee.org/articles/4-little-known-facts-about-immigrants-and-company-founders/
“SpaceX has said it will offer speeds of up to a gigabit per second, with latencies between 25ms and 35ms. Those latencies would make SpaceX’s service comparable to cable and fiber. Today’s satellite broadband services use satellites in much higher orbits and thus have latencies of 600ms or more, according to FCC measurements. OneWeb was the first company to seek FCC approval to enter the US broadband market with low-Earth orbit satellites and received approval in June 2017. OneWeb wants to offer service in Alaska as early as 2019. Boeing is also planning to offer satellite broadband.”