Why are U.S. housing prices so high? Edward L. Glaeser, the Fred and Eleanor Glimp Professor of Economics at Harvard University, is an expert in housing and urban economics. His work highlights the ...

An important new National Bureau of Economic Research study by leading housing economists Edward Glaeser and Joseph Gyourko concludes that reductions in housing construction - likely caused by ...

Many parts of the United States are suffering from severe housing shortages. The main culprits are exclusionary zoning restrictions and other regulations imposed by state and local government. But the ...

The leading reason people have left blue states in recent decades is the high cost of living—driven above all by housing. For most families, housing is the largest expense, and lower home prices have ...

The Harvard urban economist assesses the post-Covid health of cities, rural development, zoning and the stagnation of the U.S. housing industry, the impact of AI, and more.

This post is a review of Survival of the City: Living and Thriving in an Age of Isolation by Edward Glaeser and David Cutler. Penguin Press. 480 pp. $30. The COVID-19 pandemic hit large, dense ...