Topic: Ed Glaeser

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Green Economics
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.
Green Economics
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?
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.
Green Economics
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?
Green Economics
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?
Green Economics
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.
Green Economics
Climatopolis: Response to a review

Matthew Kahn, guest blogger and author of the new book Climatopolis, responds to reviewer Ed Glaeser.
Green Economics
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.
Tax VOX
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.