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State of the Nation - a UK Perspective on Covid-19

Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

Plans were made in the UK in 2006, 2008, 2011 and 2014. No country other than the UK has spontaneously abandoned its basic law on emergency management (in this case the Civil Contingencies Act of 2004). There were major exercises on pandemics in 2005, 2007 and 2016. Clarity, trust, welfare, care and equity are needed, now.

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Eastern Market DC's 150th anniversary last weekend | And my never realized master plan for the market

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

I first proposed to the city creating TMDs in 2005/2006. I participated in a workshop on the plaza led by Project for Public Spaces and Scenic America in 2004 ( write up ). 2006 and beyond, although what it's become is perhaps far beyond what I suggested, " Retail planning and Florida Market ," 2009. They still haven't.

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The GSE Public-Private Hybrid Model Flunks Again: This Time It’s the Federal Home Loan Bank System (Part 1)

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

The F&F core business of securitizing and guaranteeing loans essentially takes the below-market cost of the funds raised by issuing mortgage-backed securities (MBS), which reflects the implied guarantee, and passes that subsidized cost through to primary market lenders. As an example of their lobbying power, in 2004 and 2005 the George W.

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