A video called "Quantitative Easing Explained is making the rounds of the blogosphere. Watching it will likely cause you to laugh and might cause you to cry. As Robert Lenzner pointed out in his "The Bottom Line" post of November 16, 2010, at forbes.com, " . . . The comic strip explanation of QE2 is devastatingly funny if somewhat exaggerated . . . " Another You Tube video described as a "A Reply to Quantitative Easing Explained" offers some additional perspective.
H. Pike Oliver focuses on master-planned communities. He is co-author of Transforming the Irvine Ranch: Joan Irvine, William Pereira, Ray Watson, and THE BIG PLAN, published by Routledge in 2022.
Early in his career, Pike worked for public agencies, including the California Governor's Office of Planning and Research, where he was a principal contributor to An Urban Strategy for California. For the next three decades, he was involved in master-planned development on the Irvine Ranch in Southern California, as well as other properties in western North America and abroad.
Beginning in 2009, Pike taught real estate development at Cornell University and directed the undergraduate program in Urban and Regional Studies. He relocated to Seattle in 2013 and, from 2016 to 2020, served as a lecturer in the Runstad Department of Real Estate at the University of Washington, where he also served as its chair.
Pike graduated from San Francisco State University's urban studies and planning program and received a master's degree in urban planning from UCLA. He is a member of the American Planning Association and the Urban Land Institute and a founder and emeritus member of the California Planning Roundtable.
