Podcasts that mention 📚 Triumph of the City by Edward L. Glaeser

He's the author of the best-selling book, Triumph of the City, and now he's back with a new book co-authored with David Cutler called Survival of the City.

In this segment, host Steve Levitt introduces guest Ed Glaeser by highlighting his best-selling book, 'Triumph of the City,' and mentions that he has a new book co-authored with David Cutler titled 'Survival of the City.'

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So back in 2008, Ed, you wrote a book called Triumph of the City, and now, 13 years later, you've got a new book called Survival of the City.

In this segment, host Steve Levitt refers to Ed Glaeser's book, 'Triumph of the City', acknowledging its release in 2008 and introducing his new book, 'Survival of the City', which was published 13 years later.

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I wandered around before writing Triumph in Detroit for a while and the sort of eerily empty moonscape—there are just not any people.

In the podcast, host Steve Levitt talks about wandering through Detroit prior to his guest, Ed Glaeser, writing his book 'Triumph of the City', describing the desolate landscape.

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It sure feels like a conflict; it was very hard when I started working on Triumph 15 years ago. You remember that you've got to tell stories with narrative because we just purge it in our economic papers.

The guest, Ed Glaeser, reflects on the difficulties of intertwining narrative elements with economic analysis as he recalls the start of his work on 'Triumph of the City' 15 years prior.

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