Book · 2014 · Political Science
If Mayors Ruled the World
Dysfunctional Nations, Rising Cities
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It would be kind of great if as Benjamin Barber argues, that mayors should rule the world because these are the people who are trained and experienced in executing and getting stuff done.
Stephen Dubner · Freakonomics Radio · Apr 2014 What they say about it
- Arguments presented in the book“argues that we should create a global parliament”2
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Mayors, of course, love this book.
Stephen Dubner Freakonomics Radio · Apr 2014 In his book, he writes that the very idea of the nation-state is anachronistic.
Stephen Dubner Freakonomics Radio · Apr 2014 Benjamin Barber in his book If Mayors Ruled the World argues that we should create a global parliament of mayors to help solve problems that national governments aren't so good at solving.
Stephen Dubner Freakonomics Radio · Apr 2014 Why people recommend it
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Stephen Dubner We talked to Benjamin Barber, who's an academic, a political theorist, who wrote a book called If Mayors Ru… 6
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“We talked to Benjamin Barber, who's an academic, a political theorist, who wrote a book called If Mayors Ruled the World.”
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“Mayors, of course, love this book. You know, Mayor Walsh, the first day in office, there's a picture on the front of the Boston Globe.”
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“Now, one reason that mayors look so good to Benjamin Barber is that our federal government looks so bad. Inert, mired in gridlock, outdated. In his book, he writes that the very idea of the nation-state is anachronistic.”
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“It would be kind of great if as Benjamin Barber argues, that mayors should rule the world because these are the people who are trained and experienced in executing and getting stuff done”
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“So, the book that Benjamin Barber has written, If Mayors Ruled the World, I don't know how familiar you are with the book or at least its thesis. A bit, certainly. I've read some excerpts of it, certainly.”
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“Benjamin Barber in his book If Mayors Ruled the World argues that we should create a global parliament of mayors to help solve problems that national governments aren't so good at solving.”
