Assorted Links Sunday

The unintended benefits of Houston being America's worst-designed city: Lack of “official” zoning. Messy roads and meager public transportation options. Complete chaos. We get it, our predecessors sucked at design. But that may not necessarily be a bad thing.

The case for suburbia:

How to fix American capitalism: End insider privileges by renewing the freedoms to build, to work, to sell, and to learn.

Rural hospitals have accelerated maternity ward closures during pandemic, citing lack of personnel and money.