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The Housing Crisis And The Rise Of The Real Estate State, Samuel Stein
The Housing Crisis And The Rise Of The Real Estate State, Samuel Stein
Publications and Research
This article — an excerpt from my book, Capital City, with elaborations on a number of key points — argues that the housing crises endemic to contemporary capitalism must be understood as a result of the concentration of global capital into real estate and the the re-orientation of state planning capacities around the demands of the real estate industry. The first half of the article explains the dimensions of the crisis in the US and the rise of "the real estate state." The second half explores policy alternatives to contemporary urban neoliberalism and the kinds of movements necessary to …
Racial Segregation In U.S. Areas, Yanneli Llamas, Caitlin Saladino, William E. Brown
Racial Segregation In U.S. Areas, Yanneli Llamas, Caitlin Saladino, William E. Brown
Demography
This Fact Sheet highlights racial segregation in some of the Mountain West’s largest metros: Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV; Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA; and Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ, otherwise known as the Southwest Megapolitan Triangle. The Tables that follow illustrate residential segregation in these three major metropolitan areas.