Western Water Wars
Water scarcity in the American West is now a growth, pricing, and governance story—not just a drought story.
Research
Research
Original reporting, essays, and economic analysis on land, water, energy, housing, labor, and growth across the American West.
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Forthcoming
Cost of the West
The region’s affordability problem is not just a housing-price story. It is a land, infrastructure, wages, and local-governance story that compounds into household strain.
In development
Power and the New West
The West’s next energy story is about load growth, transmission, reliability, and industrial competition—not just adding more generation.
In development
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