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Triumph of the City: How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier, and Happier
by Edward Glaeser
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A pioneering urban economist presents a myth-shattering look at the majesty and greatness of cities
America is an urban nation, yet cities get a bad rap: they're dirty, poor, unhealth
Triumph of the City: How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier, and Happier Edward Glaeser
Loading"Are you going to take them to the emergency room on the metro? Are you going to take them to their private schools on the back of your bicycle? No, you're going to move to the suburbs and you're going to wait in traffic, and you're going to complain just like all the others."Already several of my friends here in Mexico City are contemplating heading for the suburbsThe few times Glaeser ventured a theory, it would be an easy-breezy idea full of holes/missing important detailsIt presented a whole bunch of opinions, stated as fact, with very little to back them upThis ties into how the structure of the book seemed poorly planned.So, while it provided a plethora of things I was engaged by, it hardly inspired me to follow Glaeser furtherBergstromCenter 1,133 views 1:06:02 A World Without Superpowers: de-centered globalism - Duration: 1:32:15Highly recommendedIt’s about ideas, not implementationEst mal construir ms vialidades, porque eso slo hace que aumente el trficoI highly recommend it if public policy, cities, or the future of humanity interest youIn my backyard of Kenya, my city, Nairobi, accounts for 60% of Kenya's GDPSelected pagesTable of ContentsIndexReferencesGlaser's book is extremely informative on the taxation system of America which is very different from the British oneWhat I found instead was a lazy, jumbled mass of stories, facts, anecdotes, and opinions bent to attribute all good things that have ever occurred in humanity to the conglomeration of people into urban spacesSome of the most enjoyable sections of Glaeser's book are where he takes aim at the self-deception of those who think that country life is somehow greener than living in the city, though everywhere in the modern world rural settlements make far more intensive use of energy than do their urban counterpartsOverall, the content and presentation were very interesting, but I don't necessarily agree with his conclusions.After reading the first chapter, I was very concerned about the rest of the bookEdward Glaeser outlined the principles of a successful city and how a city failed to function properlyIt's frustrating to read this history and think what if what if, the skyscraper had won and the car and suburb had lost? What would the world look like today?Even more frustrating is the likelihood that either America's mortgage interest tax deduction or Mexico's gas subsidy will be repealedWhat will happen, he asks, if China and India emulate us? Paradoxically, fighting for local green space in the Bay Area undermines our ability to be global environmental activists"If people don't heat their homes much, or travel much, and stick to traditional rural pursuits, then they'll use little carbonHe also doesn't have any pictures, graphs or tables of data, at least not in the Kindle version that I readLondon School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) 23,022 views 1:32:15 Edward Glaeser speaks at the Vancouver Urban Forum - Part 1 - Duration: 19:17On the other hand, you just can't make a city run without a certain amount of electricity for elevators and public transportation".Nothing technically wrong with either sentence, but you must agree: the information begs to be presented in a more consistent and more digestible way.That need to better edit the book's content before publishing results in 3 stars awarded, when it could easily have been a 4-star bookSubscribe from just 1 per issue Follow us on Twitter New Statesman Podcast Home Politics Culture World Science & Tech More Long Reads New Times Magazine Conferences Events Subscribe Close menu Jeremy Corbyn mocks Theresa May, but it's her own party she has to worry about The Staggers At last, we seem to be awakening from the bad dream of tick-box medicine Health From May's tears to angry Trump, is modern politics too emotional? 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