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Visiting Highlander and Thinking about Power and the Powerless in Memphis

New Market      I couldn’t remember my last visit to the Highlander Center, but it had to have been in the last century.  Little had really changed.  The same bunk beds, rocking chairs, and great views of the Cumberland Mountains were still there.  Finally thanks to towers popping up like weeds on the [...]

Memphis Tea Party Blues

Memphis The lecture was the 2nd in a series commemorating the 100th anniversary of city planning in America, so 40 years in hundreds of city streets and Citizen Wealth and its themes were perfectly suited to the interests of students and civilians at the University of Memphis.  I had warned my hosts that some [...]

Memphis Giveaways to Developers

Memphis Even though I wasn’t speaking at the University of Memphis about Citizen Wealth until Monday evening, it was worth flying in the predawn on Sunday to be able to take advantage of Professor Ken Reardon’s offer to meet with twenty community leaders who wanted to talk over dinner about how to push Memphis [...]

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