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26 produkter
Triumph of the City
How Urban Spaces Make Us Human
Häftad, 2012
4,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
139 kr
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Understanding the modern city and the powerful forces within it is the life’s work of Harvard urban economist Edward Glaeser, who at forty is hailed as one of the world’s most exciting urban thinkers. Travelling from city to city, speaking to planners and politicians across the world, he uncovers …
Survival of the City
The Future of Urban Life in an Age of Isolation
Av Edward Glaeser, David Cutler
Häftad, 2022
143 kr
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“Expansive and entertaining. . . . [A] fast-paced and highly readable journey . . . the book serves as a useful tool in the effort to redefine the role of the city in an age of increasingly polarized politics, and reminds us that urban health is—as Fiorello La Guardia once remarked about cleaning …
Triumph of the City: How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier, and Happier
Häftad
202 kr
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Fighting Poverty in the US and Europe
A World of Difference
Av Edward Glaeser, Alberto Alesina
E-bok, 2004
652 kr
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As events highlight deep divisions in attitudes between America and Europe, this is a very timely study of different approaches to the problems of domestic inequality and poverty.Based on careful and systematic analysis of national data, the authors describe just how much the two continents differ …
Fighting Poverty in the US and Europe
A World of Difference
Av Alberto Alesina, Edward Glaeser
Häftad, 2005
3,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
1009 kr
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As events highlight deep divisions in attitudes between America and Europe, this is a very timely study of different approaches to the problems of domestic inequality and poverty.Based on careful and systematic analysis of national data, the authors describe just how much the two continents differ …
Housing and the Financial Crisis
E-bok, 2013
2478 kr
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Conventional wisdom held that housing prices couldn’t fall. But the spectacular boom and bust of the housing market during the first decade of the twenty-first century and millions of foreclosed homeowners have made it clear that housing is no different from any other asset in its ability to climb …
Governance of Not-for-Profit Organizations
E-bok, 2007
683 kr
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Not-for-profit organizations play a critical role in the American economy. In health care, education, culture, and religion, we trust not-for-profit firms to serve the interests of their donors, customers, employees, and society at large. We know that such firms don''t try to maximize profits, but …
Agglomeration Economics
Av Edward L. Glaeser, Edward Glaeser
Inbunden, 2010
1005 kr
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When firms and people are located near each other in cities and in industrial clusters, they benefit in various ways, including by reducing the costs of exchanging goods and ideas. One might assume that these benefits would become less important as transportation and communication costs fall. …
Agglomeration Economics
E-bok, 2010
2224 kr
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When firms and people are located near each other in cities and in industrial clusters, they benefit in various ways, including by reducing the costs of exchanging goods and ideas. One might assume that these benefits would become less important as transportation and communication costs fall. …
Corruption and Reform
Lessons from America''s Economic History
Av Claudia Goldin, Edward Glaeser
E-bok, 2007
1190 kr
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Despite recent corporate scandals, the United States is among the world’s least corrupt nations. But in the nineteenth century, the degree of fraud and corruption in America approached that of today’s most corrupt developing nations, as municipal governments and robber barons alike found new ways …
After the Flood
How the Great Recession Changed Economic Thought
Av E. Glen Weyl, Tano Santos m. fl.
E-bok, 2017
1151 kr
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The past three decades have been characterized by vast change and crises in global financial markets—and not in politically unstable countries but in the heart of the developed world, from the Great Recession in the United States to the banking crises in Japan and the Eurozone. As we try to make …
Economic Analysis and Infrastructure Investment
Av Edward Glaeser, James M. Poterba
Inbunden, 2021
1295 kr
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Policy makers often call for increased spending on infrastructure, which can encompass a broad range of investments, from roads and bridges to digital networks that will expand access to high-speed broadband. Some point to the near-term macroeconomic benefits, such as job creation, associated with …
Economic Analysis and Infrastructure Investment
Av James M. Poterba, Edward Glaeser
E-bok, 2021
2848 kr
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Policy makers often call for increased spending on infrastructure, which can encompass a broad range of investments, from roads and bridges to digital networks that will expand access to high-speed broadband. Some point to the near-term macroeconomic benefits, such as job creation, associated with …
Triumph of the City
How Urban Spaces Make Us Human
E-bok, 2011
199 kr
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Understanding the modern city and the powerful forces within it is the life’s work of Harvard urban economist Edward Glaeser, who at forty is hailed as one of the world’s most exciting urban thinkers. Travelling from city to city, speaking to planners and politicians across the world, he uncovers …
Urban Empires
Cities as Global Rulers in the New Urban World
Av Peter Nijkamp, Karima Kourtit m. fl.
E-bok, 2020
1372 kr
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We live in the ‘urban century’. Cities all over the world – in both developing and developed countries – display complex evolutionary patterns. Urban Empires charts the backgrounds, mechanisms, drivers, and consequences of these radical changes in our contemporary systems from a global perspective …
Urban Empires
Cities as Global Rulers in the New Urban World
Av Peter Nijkamp, Karima Kourtit m. fl.
E-bok, 2020
1403 kr
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We live in the ‘urban century’. Cities all over the world – in both developing and developed countries – display complex evolutionary patterns. Urban Empires charts the backgrounds, mechanisms, drivers, and consequences of these radical changes in our contemporary systems from a global perspective …
Survival of the City
Living and Thriving in an Age of Isolation
Av Edward Glaeser, David Cutler
Inbunden, 1900
313 kr
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“Expansive and entertaining. . . . [A] fast-paced and highly readable journey . . . the book serves as a useful tool in the effort to redefine the role of the city in an age of increasingly polarized politics, and reminds us that urban health is—as Fiorello La Guardia once remarked about cleaning …
Triumph of the City
How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier, andHappier
E-bok, 2011
205 kr
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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, unhealthy, environmentally unfriendly . . . or are they? In this revelatory book, Edward Glaeser, a leading urban …
Urban Empires
Cities as Global Rulers in the New Urban World
Av Edward Glaeser, Karima Kourtit m. fl.
Inbunden, 2020
2746 kr
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We live in the ‘urban century’. Cities all over the world – in both developing and developed countries – display complex evolutionary patterns. Urban Empires charts the backgrounds, mechanisms, drivers, and consequences of these radical changes in our contemporary systems from a global perspective …
Urban Empires
Cities as Global Rulers in the New Urban World
Av Edward Glaeser, Karima Kourtit m. fl.
Häftad, 2020
1187 kr
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We live in the ‘urban century’. Cities all over the world – in both developing and developed countries – display complex evolutionary patterns. Urban Empires charts the backgrounds, mechanisms, drivers, and consequences of these radical changes in our contemporary systems from a global perspective …
Survival of the City
Living and Thriving in an Age of Isolation
Av Edward Glaeser, David Cutler
Inbunden, 2021
230 kr
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From New York to New Delhi, COVID-19 has had a devastating impact on our urban world, turning the physical proximity which is central to the creative energy of the city into a potentially deadly threat to our health and well being. Yet most of us live or work in cities. They are a vital part of …
Survival of the City
Living and Thriving in an Age of Isolation
Av Edward Glaeser, David Cutler
Häftad, 2021
196 kr
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From New York to New Delhi, COVID-19 has had a devastating impact on our urban world, turning the physical proximity which is central to the creative energy of the city into a potentially deadly threat to our health and well being. Yet most of us live or work in cities. They are a vital part of …
Survival of the City
Living and Thriving in an Age of Isolation
Av Edward Glaeser, David Cutler
Häftad, 2022
197 kr
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From New York to New Delhi, COVID-19 has had a devastating impact on our urban world - how can we adjust to this new reality and what lessons can we learn from the past? In this urgently relevant book, leading experts Edward Glaeser and David Cutler examine the history and future of the global …
Survival of the City
Living and Thriving in an Age of Isolation
Av David Cutler, Edward Glaeser
E-bok, 2021
44 kr
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From New York to New Delhi, COVID-19 has had a devastating impact on our urban world, turning the physical proximity which is central to the creative energy of the city into a potentially deadly threat to our health and well being. Yet most of us live or work in cities. They are a vital part of …
Urban Imperative
Toward Shared Prosperity
Av Abha Joshi-Ghani, Edward Glaeser
Häftad, 2014
469 kr
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The great transition from farm to city is filled with economic, social, and political promise. But too many cities in Sub-Saharan Africa continue to suffer from the oldest urban scourge—unclean water. Crime and murder turn many Latin American neighborhoods into places of terror rather than …
