The New York Times has recently been talking a lot about the Singapore health system. Most recently here. However, in all the discussion about the amazing cost/benefit of the Singaporean system what’s lost is any consideration of a major Singaporean health initiative. Singapore’s “individual mandate,” if you will, is the enforced physical fitness of roughly 40% of […]
Author: slammers
I recently listened to the Strong Towns podcast with Chuck Marohn and Scott Beyer (https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2017/8/30/podcast-a-conversation-about-market-urbanism) two of the most influential urban policy advocates/bloggers. In it, the principals “take on a contentious conversation about government regulations, zoning and housing—and how incremental development may or may not work in American cities.” I was struck that each takes a […]