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The Massachusetts Housing Crisis Needs Bold Action

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David Begelfer
Tuesday, 18 February 2020 / Published in Economic Development, Housing, Labor
The following op-ed appeared in the Boston Business Journal Feb. 14, 2020. A problem with the housing crisis is that most homeowners are on the front lines cheering on the rapidly escalating pricing of housing. Today’s owners not only want to see their property grow in value, they do not want to see any initiatives
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Viewpoint: Highway Congestion Is Here To Stay

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David Begelfer
Wednesday, 10 July 2019 / Published in Labor, Transportation
Column appearing in the Boston Business Journal July 3, 2019 The one thing that every commuter complains about is the time they spend in traffic. “If only those drivers around us would get off the roads, we would have a clear shot into work.” There are many opinions about how to alleviate this curse on
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Five Things that Should Keep Us Up at Night

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David Begelfer
Tuesday, 11 December 2018 / Published in Commercial Real Estate, Economic Development, Housing, Labor
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1. When will there bean economic downturn?  Actually, we will probably experience a slow down before we hit the next recession. In terms of development activity, our “success” is hurtling us towards a regional inflationary period, with land costs and construction costs leading the way. Prices are accelerating with a relatively fixed construction labor pool,
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Choosing Massachusetts for Business: Key Factors in Location Decision Making

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David Begelfer
Thursday, 15 June 2017 / Published in Commercial Real Estate, Economic Development, Labor, Transportation
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A study commissioned by the non-partisan economic development organization, MassEcon, and conducted by the UMass Donahue Institute‘s Economic and Public Policy Research group, was recently released. The good news is that the vast majority of companies that chose Massachusetts as a place to expand their business would do it again. This consensus was largely based on Massachusetts’ innovative
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Prepare to be Automated out of a Job

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David Begelfer
Tuesday, 30 May 2017 / Published in Commercial Real Estate, Labor
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Isn’t there a civic responsibility to plan for massive dislocation? What should we do if we knew that, in the near future, a large sector of our country’s workers, currently employed with good-paying jobs, would be put out of work by new technologies? Would we ban the new technology to save those jobs? Or, do
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