Sunday, April 8, 2012

Triumph of the City by Edward Glaeser

"Why do smart people enact so many foolish urban policies?"
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"Today, the five zip codes that occupy the mile of Manhattan between Forty-first and Fifty-ninth Streets employ six hundred thousand workers (more than New Hampshire or Maine), who earn on average more than $100,000 each, giving that tiny piece of real estate a larger payroll than Oregon or Nevada."
— Edward Glaeser, The Triumph of the City, How our Greatest Invention Makes us Richer, Smarter, Healthier and Happier.


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