Episode · Freakonomics Radio · 2020-10-08

Books mentioned on Is New York City Over? | Freakonomics Radio | Episode 434

1 book · With Max Rose, Nancy Wu, Jacob Vigdor, Dan Doctoroff, Kim Phillips-Fein, Edward Glaeser, Jennifer Doleac · Watch on YouTube

Stephen Dubner discussed Triumph of the City by Edward L. Glaeser.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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  1. Triumph of the City

    Edward L. Glaeser · at 28:21

    Triumph of the City by Edward L. Glaeser is a bestselling book exploring how urban environments make human populations richer, smarter, greener, healthier, and happier.

    Discussed
    “in 2011 Glazer published a book called Triumph of the city how our greatest invention makes us richer smarter Greener healthier and happier”
    Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing Fear City
“and that is the historian Kim Phillips fine author of the book fear city which is about New York's fiscal crisis”