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Murtaza Haider@regionomics16 Nov 2017

Delighted to announce the launch of my weekly real estate column with the Financial Post. Haider-Moranis Bulletin (hmbulletin.com): Why rent control is a false cure for housing shortages business.financialpost.com/w… via @nationalpost

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Murtaza Haider@regionomicsOct 27

Check out the latest article in my newsletter: Breaking the political sound barrier: Olivia Chow receives over 500,000 votes linkedin.com/pulse/breaking-… via @LinkedIn

Breaking the political sound barrier: Olivia Chow receives over 500,000 votes

Breaking the political sound barrier: Olivia Chow receives over 500,000 votes

It was an otherwise ordinary election that produced exceptional results. Toronto elected a city council and a mayor, setting new records in the process.

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Murtaza Haider@regionomicsOct 25

Check out the latest article in my newsletter: 13 Minutes Could Save Canadians Hundreds of Billions of Dollars in High-Speed Rail Spending linkedin.com/pulse/13-minute… via @LinkedIn

13 Minutes Could Save Canadians Hundreds of Billions of Dollars in High-Speed Rail Spending

13 Minutes Could Save Canadians Hundreds of Billions of Dollars in High-Speed Rail Spending

The high-speed rail debacle in California has unfolded over the past 18 years. It started as a US$33 billion project.

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Murtaza Haider@regionomicsOct 23

Check out the latest article in my newsletter: Should a diverse Toronto be governed from the downtown core? linkedin.com/pulse/should-di… via @LinkedIn

Should a diverse Toronto be governed from the downtown core?

Should a diverse Toronto be governed from the downtown core?

Toronto’s mayoral race is becoming a contest between two competing visions of the city. And the suburbs may hold the balance of power.

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Murtaza Haider@regionomicsOct 5

Check out the latest article in my newsletter: Why don’t families live near transit stations? The problem with TODs linkedin.com/pulse/why-dont-… via @LinkedIn

Why don’t more families live near transit stations? The problem with TODs

Why don’t more families live near transit stations? The problem with TODs

Housing advocates, transit planners and governments increasingly share the same objective: build more housing near higher-order transit stations and make transit-oriented developments (TODs) more...

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Murtaza Haider@regionomicsSep 10

Check out the latest article in my newsletter: Dense and densibility -- Density Without the Towers: Why Edmonton Doesn't Need High-Rises to Achieve Urban Density linkedin.com/pulse/dense-den… via @LinkedIn

Dense and densibility -- Density Without the Towers: Why Edmonton Doesn't Need Only High-Rises to...

Dense and densibility -- Density Without the Towers: Why Edmonton Doesn't Need Only High-Rises to...

The recent requests from Edmonton developers to downzone residential tower projects tell us something important about the market, and more broadly, about how we build cities. I spoke with CBC...

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Murtaza Haider@regionomicsSep 5

Check out the latest article in my newsletter: Forecasting is a tough business for high speed rail ridership linkedin.com/pulse/forecasti… via @LinkedIn

Forecasting is a tough business for high speed rail ridership

Forecasting is a tough business for high speed rail ridership

One of the most celebrated forecasters of our times, Professor George Box, is famously known for his caveat, or warning, about forecasting. He once mentioned that all models, think of them as...

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Murtaza Haider@regionomicsSep 1

Check out the latest article in my newsletter: How do people make travel decisions? A 'primer' for high-speed rail linkedin.com/pulse/how-do-pe… via @LinkedIn

How do people make travel decisions? A 'primer' for high-speed rail

How do people make travel decisions? A 'primer' for high-speed rail

Intercity travel modes compete for ridership. They offer unique benefits, impose distinct costs, and, based on end-user demographics and socioeconomic profiles, shape travel choices from origin to...

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Murtaza Haider@regionomicsAug 24

Check out the latest article in my newsletter: From Adam Smith to Noah Smith -- Gen AI and the evolution of economics linkedin.com/pulse/from-adam… via @LinkedIn

From Adam Smith to Noah Smith -- Gen AI and the evolution of economics

From Adam Smith to Noah Smith -- Gen AI and the evolution of economics

Economics, both as a discipline and a profession, has evolved for decades. Generative AI is likely to accelerate that evolution considerably.

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Murtaza Haider@regionomicsAug 21

Les critères spatiaux, éléments primordiaux de la contestation à l'encontre du T.G.V. Méditerranée persee.fr/doc/geo_0003-4010_… @perseefr

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Murtaza Haider@regionomicsJul 20

Check out the latest article in my newsletter: Edmonton must build transit for the city it is becoming linkedin.com/pulse/edmonton-… via @LinkedIn

Edmonton must build transit for the city it is becoming

Edmonton must build transit for the city it is becoming

Edmonton is growing rapidly. Its transportation network must grow with it.

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Murtaza Haider@regionomicsJul 12

Check out the latest article in my newsletter: When AI Beautifies Reality linkedin.com/pulse/when-ai-b… via @LinkedIn

When AI Beautifies Reality

When AI Beautifies Reality

It's a story about an image and how AI helped us reimagine it. It's also about the trade-off between how we see ourselves and how others see us.

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Murtaza Haider@regionomicsJul 8

Check out the latest article in my newsletter: Remember pen, paper, bills, and coins -- the loss of redundancy in hyperconnected cities linkedin.com/pulse/remember-… via @LinkedIn

Remember pen, paper, bills, and coins -- the loss of redundancy in hyperconnected cities

Remember pen, paper, bills, and coins -- the loss of redundancy in hyperconnected cities

It's back to pen and paper, and bills and coins. And to top it all off, it's back to the honour system.

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Murtaza Haider and Stephen explain why the debate between infill and outfill housing development is unnecessary. Find out more here financialpost.com/real-estat…

The needless debate over infill vs. outfill housing development

The needless debate over infill vs. outfill housing development

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Murtaza Haider@regionomicsJun 14

Check out the latest article in my newsletter: C. Jotin Khisty - The Engineer Who Talked Poetry, Not Just Traffic linkedin.com/pulse/c-jotin-k… via @LinkedIn

C. Jotin Khisty - The Engineer Who Talked Poetry, Not Just Traffic

C. Jotin Khisty - The Engineer Who Talked Poetry, Not Just Traffic

I only met him once, decades ago. But that meeting left me inspired and delighted.

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Murtaza Haider@regionomicsMay 31

Check out the latest article in my newsletter: Three Consecutive Population Declines: What Canada Can Learn from Japan linkedin.com/pulse/three-con… via @LinkedIn

Three Consecutive Population Declines: What Canada Can Learn from Japan

Three Consecutive Population Declines: What Canada Can Learn from Japan

The Japanese government recently released the results of its 2025 census. As expected, the country's population declined by more than three million people, a drop of approximately 2.

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Murtaza Haider@regionomicsMay 30

Check out the latest article in my newsletter: Opportunity for a part-time urban economist/planner linkedin.com/pulse/opportuni… via @LinkedIn

Opportunity for a part-time urban economist/planner

Opportunity for a part-time urban economist/planner

We're hiring! Part-time research opportunity at the Cities Institute. Looking for an industrious current student or recent graduate who's genuinely interested in urban economics or planning and wants...

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Murtaza Haider@regionomicsMay 22

Check out the latest article in my newsletter: Sovereignty referendums are driven by political grievances, but are decided by urban density and diversity linkedin.com/pulse/sovereign… via @LinkedIn

Sovereignty referendums are driven by political grievances, but are decided by urban density and...

Sovereignty referendums are driven by political grievances, but are decided by urban density and...

As Alberta heads to a referendum that puts Canada's federal unity to a vote, lessons and experiences from a similar referendum in Quebec three decades earlier become relevant. The Quebec separatists...

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Murtaza Haider@regionomicsMay 16

Check out the latest article in my newsletter: Dude, where's my car? linkedin.com/pulse/dude-wher… via @LinkedIn

Dude, where's my car?

Dude, where's my car?

The real-life manifestation of Grand Theft Auto on the streets and driveways in the Greater Toronto Area was less noticeable last year than the hype after the Covid-19 pandemic, when car thieves were...

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Murtaza Haider@regionomicsMay 14

Check out the latest article in my newsletter: When 24 Per Cent of the Population Accounts for 61 Per Cent of the Drug Crisis linkedin.com/pulse/when-24-p… via @LinkedIn

When 24 Per Cent of the Population Accounts for 61 Per Cent of the Drug Crisis

When 24 Per Cent of the Population Accounts for 61 Per Cent of the Drug Crisis

They say a picture is worth 1,000 words. I would argue that a data visualization can say even more.

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Murtaza Haider@regionomicsMay 12

Check out the latest article in my newsletter: Downtown Edmonton Does Not Need More Slogans. It Needs More People linkedin.com/pulse/downtown-… via @LinkedIn

Downtown Edmonton Does Not Need More Slogans. It Needs More People

Downtown Edmonton Does Not Need More Slogans. It Needs More People

Edmonton’s downtown is not facing a challenge (or challenges) because it lacks potential. It is facing a crisis because too many of the conditions required for a vibrant urban core have weakened...

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