A recent Gallup poll found that 43 percent of Americans have a positive view of socialism, the highest share since the polling firm began asking the question in 2010. The greatest support, 57 percent, comes from people under age 35 who weren’t yet born when the fall of the Soviet … Continue reading →
Socialism at Its Finest: The U.S. Transit Industry
Socialism at Its Finest: The U.S. Transit Industry
16 Oct 2026 Leave a comment
in Marxist economics, politics - USA, transport economics, urban economics
Canada’s First Nations Are Using Their Land To Build Dense Housing
13 Oct 2026 1 Comment
in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, economics of bureaucracy, economics of regulation, environmental economics, law and economics, property rights, Public Choice, transport economics, urban economics Tags: Canada
Exempt from Vancouver’s building restrictions, Squamish Nation is constructing a 6,000-unit residential high-rise.
Canada’s First Nations Are Using Their Land To Build Dense Housing
The Externalities of Airports and Immigrants
24 Sep 2026 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, econometerics, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, transport economics, urban economics Tags: economics of immigration
Are the externalities of airports positive or negative? If you base your answer on NIMBY complaining, the answer is obviously negative. Above all, there’s the noise. The deafening sounds of take-off and landing bedevil everyone who spends time near the airport. On top of that, there’s daily traffic. Not every airport is LAX (in fact,…
The Externalities of Airports and Immigrants
Aberdeen hydrogen bus fleet sold for just 6% of original public investment
19 Sep 2026 Leave a comment
in economics of climate change, energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming, transport economics, urban economics Tags: British politics
Last year, I reported how all of these buses had been mothballed because of a lack of hydrogen supply in Aberdeen. Presumably the eco-nutters thought it came out of thin air! The post Aberdeen hydrogen bus fleet sold for just 6% of original public investment appeared first on Watts Up With That?.
Aberdeen hydrogen bus fleet sold for just 6% of original public investment
When driving is (almost) free
14 Sep 2026 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, transport economics Tags: solar power
While I am pet-sitting for my sister in California, she is letting me use her beach-community house and electric car. It has been nice driving past gas stations with prices so high. She also has residential solar panels to charge her car (and run her other devices). The panels generate enough power that she is almost…
When driving is (almost) free
Trump Space Policy Targets 1,000 U.S. Launches, Reentries Annually by 2030
30 Aug 2026 Leave a comment
in economics of regulation, politics - USA, transport economics Tags: space
If our country is serious about returning to the Moon, reaching Mars, and maintaining its leadership in the new space race, it cannot allow launch pads, range scheduling, and reentry capacity to become the bottlenecks. The post Trump Space Policy Targets 1,000 U.S. Launches, Reentries Annually by 2030 appeared first on Watts Up With That?.
Trump Space Policy Targets 1,000 U.S. Launches, Reentries Annually by 2030
FAA Moves to Exempt Commercial Rocket Launches From Key Environmental Reviews
27 Aug 2026 Leave a comment
in economics of regulation, entrepreneurship, environmental economics, environmentalism, industrial organisation, law and economics, politics - USA, property rights, transport economics Tags: space
FAA moves to ensure regulatory processes serve genuine environmental interests rather than becoming a legal mechanism for undermining American space competitiveness. The post FAA Moves to Exempt Commercial Rocket Launches From Key Environmental Reviews appeared first on Watts Up With That?.
FAA Moves to Exempt Commercial Rocket Launches From Key Environmental Reviews
The effects of remote work on the disability employment gap
17 Aug 2026 Leave a comment
in discrimination, gender, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, transport economics, urban economics Tags: gender wage gap, sex discrimination
A rise in work from home explains most of the postpandemic gain in full-time employment among people with physical disabilitiesBy Tyler Smith. “Employment among people with disabilities has remained well below that of the broader population, with an average disability employment gap of 27 percentage points across OECD countries. In the United States, this low disability…
The effects of remote work on the disability employment gap
US DOT Amends List of Safety Measures
22 Jul 2026 Leave a comment
in transport economics, urban economics
NPR reports that the Department of Transportation has deleted bike lanes and four other practices from its list of “proven safety measures.” Bike advocates complain that the “administration has clearly decided to reject science and abdicate its role as the stewards of transportation safety.” Photo by Gene Bisbee. But just … Continue reading →
US DOT Amends List of Safety Measures
Civilian supersonic flights are being legalized in the U.S.
08 Jul 2026 1 Comment
in economics of regulation, politics - USA, transport economics
For too long, outdated rules based on old technology held back American aerospace innovation. Now, we are updating those rules for the first time since the 1970s. Today @USDOT announced a new proposal to enable civil supersonic flight by replacing speed limits with noise limits, ushering in a new era of safer, quieter, and faster air travel…
Civilian supersonic flights are being legalized in the U.S.
China’s Spent Rockets Are Turning Low Earth Orbit Into a Debris Minefield
04 Jul 2026 1 Comment
in law and economics, property rights, transport economics Tags: space
China’s pattern of treating low Earth orbit like a dumping ground at the same time it is expanding potential military space capabilities should raise serious concerns for anyone relying on satellite infrastructure — which, at this point, is pretty much everyone. The post China’s Spent Rockets Are Turning Low Earth Orbit Into a Debris Minefield…
China’s Spent Rockets Are Turning Low Earth Orbit Into a Debris Minefield
U.S. colonies on the Moon and Mars are a waste of money: a guest post
08 Jun 2026 Leave a comment
in economic history, transport economics Tags: Mars, moon, space
From PCC(E): After watching the explosion of Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin rocket last week, a rocket that is designed to help create the first human colony on the Moon, I thought to myself, “What is all this mishigass? Why do we need a human colony on the Moon? What will it tell us that unmanned…
U.S. colonies on the Moon and Mars are a waste of money: a guest post
Supply is elastic, installment #1637
31 May 2026 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, economics of crime, economics of regulation, health economics, law and economics, transport economics
With deadly precision, the Trump administration has launched dozens of attacks on small boats in the waters off South America, killing nearly 200 people in a campaign U.S. officials say is meant to curb the flow of illicit drugs to the United States. But almost nine months into the operation, epidemiologists, addiction scientists and public…
Supply is elastic, installment #1637
Why California High-Speed Rail Failed
23 May 2026 Leave a comment
in transport economics, urban economics
While Wendover Productions, the maker of this video, believes in high-speed rail, it shows that the California project was poorly planned. Planners optimistically believed it could be built in the U.S. for the same costs that high-speed rail had been built in Europe. Among other things, they failed to account … Continue reading →
Why California High-Speed Rail Failed
Volkswagen Face $1.7 Billion Fine For Missing Emissions Targets
11 May 2026 Leave a comment
in economics of climate change, economics of regulation, energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming, transport economics Tags: electric cars, Germany
By Paul Homewood AOL also cover the story:
Volkswagen Face $1.7 Billion Fine For Missing Emissions Targets
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