Economic Prosperity

The problem is cities' overly optimistic assumptions to calculate their liabilities, including unrealistically high rates of return on pension fund...

Most Americans live in suburbs — they do so because they find it an attractive and low cost of living. Many...

Is the land-use tax a revenue-neutral way to spur development and infill? City leaders in Detroit are exploring the question.

Amidst a great deal of hand-wringing about the plight of American cities, it's worth remembering that New York came back...

The Atlantic recently published a great piece entitled, "The Anti-California, How Montana performed a housing miracle." The author details all...

After many decades of reinvestment and repopulation, some American downtowns are now showing signs of hollowing out again.

Three new policy recommendations give local leaders tools for reforming their police forces -- without waiting on action from federal...

For generations, most American cities have required new businesses or homes to provide off-street parking according to arbitrary formulas. But,...

A group of small business owners teamed up with the Institute for Justice (IJ) to file a lawsuit challenging the...