It was, I suspect, Daniel Bell — the Professor of Sociology at Harvard University — who invented ‘the information society’. In 1973 he had written of ‘the coming post‐industrial society’ as the consequence of three key developments — first, the rise to dominance of the services...

This paper examines the economic impact of restrictions against keeping domestic pets in residential dwellings. Using a large data sample of condominium sales, we empirically estimate price effects associated with pet restrictions. Our results suggest that an unrestricted pet policy creates a...

This study reexamines the price effects of age restrictions on housing prices. Our data cover a period when the housing market is taking a steep downturn. We argue that, when housing prices are falling, seniors are more likely to avoid investing in housing for at least two reasons. First,...

One of the surest ways of delaying progress is to appoint a committee to answer the wrong questions. Any attempt to ask the right questions will then, for several years, be frustrated because Ministers will look silly if they start another investigation so soon. Lack of progress is even more...