Does the new immigration burden cities?
Does neighborhood gentrification benefit the inner-city poor?
Should state governments impose strong limitations on the ability of cities to use eminent domain powers for economic development purposes?
Are public subsidies for sports stadiums a good investment by cities?
Should cities rely on tax increment financing (TIF) as a primary tool in their efforts to promote local economic development?
Does broken-windows policing reduce crime?
Are school vouchers overrated as a strategy for reforming public education?
Do charter schools improve education?
Should federal programs seek to deconcentrate inner-city poverty?
Should section 8 housing vouchers continue to serve as the backbone of the federal government's assisted housing efforts?
Did the government's regulation of lending institutions under the community reinvestment act lead to the mortgage foreclosure crisis?
Should U.S. cities adopt a system of "congestion pricing" to "tame" traffic?
Should the United States invest in high-speed intercity rail?
Is urban sprawl a sufficiently important problem to merit government corrective action?
Do Portland-style smart growth policies raise housing prices and hurt urban livability?
Are environmentalists too often the unwitting allies of suburban exclusionists?
Does new urbanism represent a viable strategy that can transform suburban communities?
Should urban policy in the United States be guided by the model of the European city?