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Growth restrictions send housing prices skyward
Source: NCPA
Country: United States

Restrictive land use laws meant to curb "urban sprawl" are sending housing costs through the roof across the United States. (5/18/00)

The Anti-Wal-Mart Jihad
Source: Small Business Survival Committee
Author: Raymond J Keating
Country: United States

There is a crowd that believes Wal-Mart somehow has figured out a way to monopolize the global retail business. (12/29/99)

Fact and fiction on 'Smart Growth' and 'Urban Sprawl'
Source: Competitive Enterprise Institute
Country: United States

Point by point refutation of the major claims of VP Al Gore and some environmentalists regarding "urban sprawl". (4/19/99)

Beware the new federal land use statistics
Source: Pacific Research Institute
Author: Steven Hayward
Country: United States

The new Natural Resources Inventory data was recently released by the Department of Agriculture, and "smart growth" advocates have been quick to point to the new land development numbers. Steven Hayward of Pacific Research Institute forges onward and reports the numbers along with some context. (12/13/99)

Sprawl, from here to eternity
Source: US News & World Report
Country: United States

Many Americans talk about how they don't like urban sprawl, but when given the choice they often elect for that lifestyle, and there's little that federal critics like Al Gore can do about the matter. (9/99)

New Urbanism: Restoring the sense of community
Source: Plan, Baton Rouge
Country: United States

The principles of the "new urbanism" school of planning. (12/7/99)

Why sprawl is good
Source: Cascade Policy Institute
Country: United States

While it's often evoked as a word to be hissed, "sprawl" is simply an expression of people's lifestyle preferences. (2/97)

The Lone Mountain compact
Source: Pacific Research Institute
Country: United States

Recently a number of scholars and writers, gathered at a conference about the issue at Lone Mountain Ranch in Big Sky, Montana by the Political Economy Research Center, decided to distill their conclusions about urban sprawl into the following brief statement of principles, which they invite other writers and scholars to endorse. (01/10/01)

Giant chain stores vs. mom and pop stores
Source: Mackinac Center for Public Policy
Author: Michael LaFaive
Country: United States

"In a free market economy, large chain stores place smaller stores in the position of having to remain competitive. True, not all small businesses can survive this competition. But while it can be heart breaking to personally see small, family-owned businesses get 'crowded out' by the big boys, a proper economic analysis must consider productivity increases in net terms." (11/01/97)

Libertarian solutions: managing suburban growth ... destroying America's freedom
Source: LP News
Author: Joseph L. Bast
Country: United States

"I have a difficult time taking seriously any of the concerns raised by the growth control crowd. What triggered my skepticism were the claims of environmental damage that so often accompany calls for growth management," writes Bast. (03/99)

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