{"product_id":"on-the-housing-crisis-land-development-democracy-9781638931966","title":"On the Housing Crisis: Land, Development, Democracy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA rigorously reported anthology on how local politics have fueled a generation-defining national emergency. An Atlantic Edition, featuring long-form journalism by \u003ci\u003eAtlantic \u003c\/i\u003ewriters, drawn from contemporary articles or classic storytelling from the magazine's 167-year archive.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this precise collection, \u003ci\u003eAtlantic\u003c\/i\u003e staff writer Jerusalem Demsas turns her expertise and keen eye to the housing shortage, one of our country's most dire yet widely misunderstood public frustrations. Demsas examines how local democracies have become coconspirators in the anti-development aspirations of the very few, at the hefty expense of the many. These essays identify the inefficiencies and irrationalities of contemporary land-use politics and the stages they play out on, offering readers a refreshing and accessible guide to a generational crisis.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJerusalem Demsas\u003c\/b\u003e is a staff writer at \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e where she is an established voice on the housing crisis and local democracy. Her writing spans issues from infrastructure, labor economics, and federalism to race, gender, mobility and the politics of exclusion. She was recognized for her work in 2023 by the American Society of Magazine Editors (ASME) with the ASME Next Award for journalists under 30. Demsas is also a Visiting Fellow with the Center for Economy and Society at the SNF Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins University. Prior to writing at the \u003ci\u003eAtlantic\u003c\/i\u003e, Demsas was a policy journalist at \u003ci\u003eVox\u003c\/i\u003e where she also cohosted the popular policy podcast \u003ci\u003eThe Weeds.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Zando - Atlantic Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50874590069010,"sku":"9781638931966","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_5e76ca76-fe32-4d6d-a214-bb5afe78a48a.jpg?v=1738000511","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/on-the-housing-crisis-land-development-democracy-9781638931966","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}