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“Watch the american housing market spiral out of control.”

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Subprime by Mike “Beeple” Winkelmann
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2009 04 25 Anne Galloway Architecture
Cities & urbanism
North America Comments (1)

Space of Recession; Place of Property

National Recessions and Regional Depression
Last year, we asked about the geography of what we called “The Depression of 2009”. This year, in February, The Economist provided a brief article pointing out the differences in regional economies in the US – Montana still growing at over 4% versus Michigan’s economy, contracting at over 7%. [...]

2009 03 17 Rob Shields Geopolitics
North America Comments (4)

Where cars go to wait

Guardian.co.uk: Growing stocks of unsold cars around the world
Carmakers around the world are cutting production as inventories build up to unprecedented levels. Storage areas and docksides are now packed with vast expanses of unsold cars as demand slumps.”

“Unsold cars at Avonmouth Docks near Bristol, UK.”

“Newly imported cars fill the 150-acre site at the Toyota distribution [...]

2009 01 24 Anne Galloway Material culture
Mobilities
Production & consumption Comments (2)

Oil and rising waters don’t mix

My advice to every architect and civil engineer: dikes and levees are going to be hot.
In its 11th hour, the Bush Administration has authorized a new US Arctic Policy (National Security Presidential Directive 66), which will serve as a continuing, broad policy guideline to government agencies until replaced. That is, it has [...]

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2009 01 15 Rob Shields Arctic
Climate & environment
Geography & environment
Geopolitics
North America Comments Off

G20: World finance as a network of many centres

Will the G20 become the L20? The ‘Leaders 20′ would be  a regular meeting of not only Finance Ministers but Prime Ministers and Presidents who meet to discuss global problems including climate change?  There is still a long way to go, but the Toronto Globe and Mail reports that the Nov. 15 emergency meeting on [...]

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2008 10 31 Rob Shields Globalisation Comments Off