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Business
How the Average American Spends Its Money
This colorful chart breaks down the spending of America's "average consumer unit," a 2.5-person household making a combined $62,000.
Culture
Generation Rent: How Our American Dream Is Different from Our Parents'
Owning a home may be a pipe dream for millennials. Here's how members of Generation Rent differ from their parents.
Design
Four-star Living at Burning Man: The Dome
Why didn't Buckminster Fuller's dome-a brilliant innovation of design-ever take off?
Business
Business Breakdown: Why Are Wall Street Banks Coughing Up $26 Billion?
Yesterday, the government got Wall Street banks to pay $26 billion in penalties for screwing people over. Is it enough?
Education
When It Comes to School Quality, Your Zip Code Really Does Matter
A new report from the Brookings Institution reveals just how close the link is between housing prices and school quality.
Culture
Homeschool: How to Get Your Finances in Order
You can't control those reckless banks and free-borrowing governments, but you can get your own budget in order. Here's how.
Environment
Why Isn't It Easier to Build Small Houses?
This tiny house costs $700, takes up 215 square feet, and would likely be illegal to build in the United States.
Business
A Lesson from Greece: Time for an American Bail-In
If it’s good enough for the Greeks, it’s good enough for us.
Business
Why Is the Government Better at Helping Banks Than Homeowners?
The bailout money for homeowners just isn't being spent — in part because of political fears.
Design
Ten Ways to Take Up Less Space
As America's interest in McMansions dwindles, could an opposite extreme take hold? All but one of the pint-sized abodes on Mother Nature...
News
Don't Pity the Rentennials: Why Not Owning a Home Is a Good Thing
Millennials are a generation of renters, but this is nothing to be depressed about.
Design
Could You Live in a Little Red Cube?
Believe it or not, behind these four impossibly red walls lie more amenities than I can fit in my dorm room. Built by Andrew Kline for his...
Cities
Interactive Map Compares "Affordable" Housing in NYC Neighborhoods
Envisioning Development pairs design with data to give New York City's tenants a lesson in affordable housing.
Culture
The Rules Of: Finding a Roommate
Eight steps to selecting a person to share a wall with.
Design
Beijing Architect Lives in Egg on the Street
Dai Haifei decided to abandon the entire Chinese housing system and live in this self-constructed ovoid on the sidewalk.
Environment
Sustainable Development Makes Housing Affordable
Rent isn’t the only variable that determines how affordable a particular home is. Access to transit and amenities like groceries matters, too.
Education
Los Angeles Unified Turns Watts High School Over to Charter Organizations
Jordan High School is set to be split into three campuses, and the school's 200 teachers will have to reapply for their jobs.
Environment
Eco-Towns: A PR Opportunity, Smart Development Idea, Or Both?
The new million dollar question: When it comes to revitalizing cities, or finding places to put people, is it better to build or rebuild? The U.K....
