Topic: Ed Glaeser
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Improve quality of life downtown, reduce our carbon footprint
A possible move by a Connecticut-based UBS bank back to downtown New York City illustrates how a vibrant city life can attract people to live in the city center.
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How would you rank America's 300 cities?
There are different market tests that can economists can use to rank which cities are best, but there are some things those tests don't capture
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Love lives of Chinese men suffer from housing boom
In China's big cities, real estate's expensive and young women are in short supply. If the population spread more evenly into cheaper parts of the country, would it be easier for a guy to get a date?
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Quality of life will rise as more people flock to cities
Urban capitalist growth will improve life expectancy, literacy, and well-being during the 21st century.
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The future of the Midwest
The Midwest has invested heavily in manufacturing. What does that mean for the coming decades?
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2010 Census and politics: Are economic forces redrawing congressional map?
It's no coincidence that 'red' states, with looser building codes and freer economies, are gaining people and political clout, say analysts. After 2010 Census, 'blue' states look to be the losers.
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When the solution to pollution IS dilution: Cigarette smoke and urban crowding
If kids in apartment buildings and townhouses are exposed to more second-hand smoke, as a new study argues, is that an argument for returning to the carbon-footprint-heavy suburbs?
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Council of Economic Bloggers?
President Obama has a formal Council of Economic Advisers (CEA), plus informal access to every economic blogger out there. Are these intellects used to create new plans or justify old ones?
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Google, turn your gigabyte city into a science experiment
Could very high speed Internet be the next place-based economic development strategy? Google is in a position to find out.
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Climatopolis: Response to a review
Matthew Kahn, guest blogger and author of the new book Climatopolis, responds to reviewer Ed Glaeser.
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Houston, we have a problem. Could you move to San Francisco?
If residents of 'brown' cities, like Houston, relocate to 'green' cities, like San Francisco, it would reduce the America's carbon footprint.
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Obama's stimulus did NOT raise government spending
Belt-tightening by state and local governments offset almost all of President Obama's stimulus spending, according to a recent study.
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