Economics

Center on Wealth & Poverty
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Jonathan Choe
September 1, 2022
Economics, Homelessness

Hope Camping Out in Spokane

Jonathan Choe
September 1, 2022
Economics, Homelessness
Surrounded by vast farmland and enjoying majestic sunsets, Spokane is the largest city in Eastern Washington. It’s home to Gonzaga University, an abundance of outdoor activities, and the population is booming — including at a place called, “Camp Hope.”  Read More ›
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Gale Pooley and Marian Tupy
November 1, 2022
Economics

Superabundance

Gale Pooley and Marian Tupy
November 1, 2022
Economics

Generations of people have been taught that population growth makes resources scarcer. In 2021, for example, one widely publicized report argued that “The world’s rapidly growing population is consuming the planet’s natural resources at an alarming rate … the world currently needs 1.6 Earths to satisfy the demand for natural resources … [a figure that] could rise to 2 planets Read More ›

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Seattle's Unending Drug Crisis
Jonathan Choe
August 19, 2022
Economics

Seattle’s Unending Drug Crisis

Jonathan Choe
August 19, 2022
Economics
In this great American city, blessed with enormous wealth and natural beauty, a drug crisis is exploding on its streets. Along 3rd Avenue, against the backdrop of Pike Place Market in Seattle’s downtown core, the addicts smoke and inject all kinds of substances in plain sight. Read More ›
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Desperate lonely man seated against the wall in the city street
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Marvin Olasky
August 18, 2022
Economics

Homeless Encampments and Mental Illness

Marvin Olasky
August 18, 2022
Economics
Fifty-one years ago I bicycled from Boston to Oregon. I was a Marxist then and looking for evidence of the American empire falling apart, but during the whole ten weeks on the road I didn’t see the one tourist attraction that would have delighted my propagandistic self: homeless encampments. Now every city seems to have them. Read More ›
Community First Village
Marvin Olasky
August 5, 2022
Economics

A Look at Community First! Village in Austin Pt. 2

Marvin Olasky
August 5, 2022
Economics
I wrote last week about Community First! Village, located on relatively cheap land just east of Austin and getting national applause as the coolest homelessness project in what some call America’s coolest city. There’s plenty of hype in both characterizations, especially since many laudatory magazine articles focus on the tiny homes at CFV that draw admiring eyes, and not the dramas occurring within them. Read More ›