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Review of “Triumph of the City” – Part II: Right Messages

By Renard Teipelke In the first part of my review of Edward Glaeser’s “Triumph of the City” I was pretty much in a rage of criticizing the flaws in this urban economist’s analysis (here). But I need to be honest: … Continue reading

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Review of “Triumph of the City” – Part I: Not Satisfying

By Renard Teipelke Has there been any other book in the past couple of years which has polarized me that much!? Harvard economist, Edward Glaeser, published his New York Times Bestseller “Triumph of the City” in 2011 and I acquired … Continue reading

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Pick of the day: Creating a New Economy for the Poor, Starting With Women in the Third World

“The laboratory for Yunus’s innovative approaches to reducing impoverishment is his native country of Bangladash. From microcredit lending, Yunus has moved onto creating social businesses that improve the health and welfare of the poor, while providing employment and investment opportunities. This … Continue reading

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