
Charles Marohn
Founder and Co-Host at Upzoned
President and Co-Founder at Strong Towns
Host at The Strong Towns Podcast
Books: Strong Towns | Confessions of a Recovering Engineer | (Bestseller) Escaping the Housing Trap
Articles
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5 days ago |
strongtowns.org | Charles Marohn
I could give my own sermon here—on what Christ said about comfort (not much) and what He said about sacrifice (quite a lot)—but that’s not my role. That’s someone else’s role. And I’m frustrated that it wasn’t filled. That in a parish called to carry so much, the thing we consistently choose to carry with our greatest allocation of resources is our own transactional convenience. That feels, at best, uninspired. At worst, it feels misdirected. I’m frustrated with the parish council.
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1 week ago |
strongtowns.org | Charles Marohn
This week, I’ve been thinking a lot about how we change the world. That’s the challenge—and the inspiration—I bring with me today. Last night, I sat down to prepare these remarks. I wrote pages of notes, but nothing felt quite right. I kept asking myself: What do I want to say to a room full of people I consider close friends? What do we most need to hear at this moment?
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2 weeks ago |
strongtowns.org | Charles Marohn
Abundance is a powerful word. It evokes optimism, confidence, progress. It gives a sense that a better future is not only possible but within reach, if only we can clear away what holds us back. That’s the energy behind "Abundance," the new book by Derek Thompson and Ezra Klein. It’s a hopeful, energetic manifesto that diagnoses a key American failure: We’ve forgotten how to build. On its face, the argument is hard to disagree with. Our cities are choked with red tape. Housing is scarce and expensive.
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3 weeks ago |
strongtowns.org | Charles Marohn
A few weeks ago, someone shared a book title on Twitter: "Planning Like Moses with Jacobs in Mind." I haven't read the book so it is possible I am missing something profound, but the very concept suggested in the title struck me as absurd.
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1 month ago |
strongtowns.org | Charles Marohn
For my entire adult life, people have warned that Japan's debt was going to blow up its economy. I remember being a much younger investor thinking that it was an obvious trade — no economy could have a debt-to-GDP ratio that high and not lose control of its bond market. At the time, I was very frustrated at being too poor, and too much of an outsider, to be able to take advantage of this obvious opportunity. How naive I was. And, as it turns out, quite lucky to have avoided that mistake.
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