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Shane Phillips Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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He/him. Biochem @UW, policy @USCPrice. Now: @UCLALewisCenter. Co-host of UCLA Housing Voice podcast. Supply, stability, subsidy. I wrote THE AFFORDABLE CITY:

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Book Cover for: W. E. B. Du Bois's Data Portraits: Visualizing Black America, The W. E. B. Du Bois Center at the Unive

W. E. B. Du Bois's Data Portraits: Visualizing Black America

The W. E. B. Du Bois Center at the Unive
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Cool book alert: W. E. B. Du Bois's Data Portraits Visualizing Black America. Purchase inspired by our podcast interview with @AkiraDrake! https://t.co/4VMfjoZ1th

Hardcover, 2018

$32.50Member price:$16.25 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories, Ken Liu

The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories

Ken Liu
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I finally read Ken Liu's The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories and that last short story ("The Man Who Ended History") is just absolutely devastating.

Paperback, 2016

$18.99Member price:$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Housing: Proportionate Dispute Resolution: Law Commission Report #309, Great Britain

Housing: Proportionate Dispute Resolution: Law Commission Report #309

Great Britain
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Here's a mind-blowing statistic that deserves more attention: In Austria, 63% of housing subsidies are spent on supply-side programs (i.e., building homes). The EU average is 26%, and in Great Britain—one of the least affordable parts of Europe—it's just 11%.

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