One of the great ironies is that the impact of the flattening world has not been to empower decentralized rural land, but to strengthen the cities in China and India and elsewhere that are gateways between those countries and the… — Edward Glaeser Copy Share Image
One classic paper compared the effects of right-to-work laws on factory jobs in neighboring counties, on either side of a right-to-work border. It found… — Edward Glaeser Copy Share Image
Great cities are not static, they constantly change and take the world along with them. — Edward Glaeser Copy Share Image
The strength that comes from human collaboration is the central truth behind civilisation's success and the primary reason why cities existwe must free ourselves… — Edward Glaeser Copy Share Image
One of the great ironies is that the impact of the flattening world has not been to empower decentralized rural land, but to strengthen… — Edward Glaeser Copy Share Image
There's a reason Atlanta, Dallas, Houston and Phoenix are our four fastest-growing areas. They offer an astonishingly high standard of living for ordinary Americans.… — Edward Glaeser Copy Share Image
“Cities don't make people poor; they attract poor people. The flow of less advantaged people into cities from Rio to Rotterdam demonstrates urban strength,… — Edward Glaeser Copy Share Image
An economist's definition of hatred is the willingness to pay a price to inflict harm on others. — Edward Glaeser Copy Share Image
