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A Complicated System of Traps: On Quinn Slobodian’s “Crack-Up Capitalism” — Cleveland Review of Books
Zoning is losing its power. New ventures are able to reach a meaningful scale before regulators (and competitors) react. The boundaries between different uses are blurring, with people lodging in apartment buildings, living in hotels, working in restaurants and retail malls, and sleeping or socializing at the office.
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The fault lies not with struggling individuals but with an economy structured to profit from indebtedness, treat land as a speculative asset, and keep us overwhelmed, isolated, and insecure.