Norman Wright

All economics and no philosophy can make a planner a dull boy. In that sense, Carl Schramm’s recent article in Forbes magazine is absolutely right—but only to a degree. I’ll do my best to explain why.

A final, closer look on how our optimism can be our best quality and our biggest weakness.

Often times, what we think of as a plan is just an elaborate wish.

A bold vision can be terrific but a small step in the right direction is more important.

Instead of always fighting to make sprawl development harder, let's focus our energy on making great infill development easier.