Sy Adler

Sy Adler wrote one of my favorite transit planning papers in 1980. Great to see him interviewed on Bay Area transit history. (The exclamation point regarding low oil prices in the late 1940s.) escholarship.org/uc/item/3kv5...

New ep! We talk to Sy Adler about his 1980 manuscript about the birth of BART, and what we can learn about intergovernmental politics, real estate development, land value capture, and much, much more LISTEN >>>>>>>>>>>> seethecat.org/ep/2025-10-3...

New ep! We have on Daniel Wortel-London to discuss "The Menace of Prosperity: New York City and the Struggle for Economic Development, 1865–1981"; 100 years of urban economic thought, with a spotlight on the georgist movement (and much more) >>>>> LISTEN: seethecat.org/ep/2025-08-2...

everyone considering buying Abundance would do themselves and the world a favor by listening to this instead

An interesting point @mgm.ink made in the podcast here was that the Abundance book implied Republicans are bad by saying liberals were acting like conservatives, but didn't actually articulate what's bad about conservatives. Which seems like a miss in 2025. seethecat.org/ep/2025-06-0...

Went podcasting about abundance with @mgm.ink and @emoscientist.bsky.social! Tons of fun and hopefully folks learn something. Fortuitously, I've seen a bunch of great abundance takes the last few days! Will flag ones that resonate with the episode when I have time.

If you aren't already sick of my takes on the subject, hear me talk about Abundance on @seethecat.org

New ep! We join the abundance of discourse on 'Abundance' with @cthelala.bsky.social of @publicenterprise.bsky.social and @emoscientist.bsky.social or @calelectricrail.org, etc What does it miss, and why is its conception of politics so incomplete? LISTEN>>>>>>>> seethecat.org/ep/2025-06-0...

New ep! We talk with Greg Miller about the new @CLandEconomics ‒ we discuss the organization's mission, various obstacles and opportunities within many state governments, and what's next LISTEN >>>>>>>>>>>> seethecat.org/ep/2025-05-0...

New ep! Santa Clara thought selling the land under California's Great America was wise; Cedar Fair resold at a profit and announced the park's closure We discuss with @nlaschkewitsch: what does this mean for the future of urban recreation? LISTEN: >>>>>> seethecat.org/ep/2025-03-2...

Excellent job @jjunker.bsky.social @bufordsharkley.bsky.social , this was a great listen. Hoping the city doesn't also fumble the subway

New ep! We return to talking Cincinnati with @jjunker.bsky.social: whether you're a local or not, you have a lot to learn about the municipal railroad sale, 20th century development patterns, and wtf the city is trying with "subway repurposing" >>>>>>> LISTEN: seethecat.org/ep/2025-02-0...