Building effective and functioning cities [1]

Ed Glaeser explains why cities are the best pathway to prosperity and outlines three lessons from over 30 years of economics research on urbanisation.

Editor’s Note: This is taken from a video that was previously published on the IGC's website [2].

Standfirst: 
Ed Gleaser on why urbanisation is the best way to foster economic growth, and how cities should be planned.
Interviewee: 
edward.glaeser [3]
Date Published: 
Friday, June 1, 2018
Tags: 
cost-benefit analysis [4]
toll [5]
incentives [6]
utilities [7]
prosperity [8]
land ownership [9]
interactions [10]
economic growth [11]
human capital [12]
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Topic: 
Infrastructure & Urbanisation [13]
Audio File: 
Audio icon Building effective and functioning cities [14]
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