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Ed Glaeser on Cities, Work, and Why America Struggles to Build

HBS Managing the Future of Work

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Examining Congestion Pricing and Its Effects on Urban Traffic

This chapter explores how physical proximity influences different professions, emphasizing academia's reliance on in-person collaboration versus the flexibility in fields like digital marketing. It also examines New York City's congestion pricing initiative, its impact on traffic flow, and the ongoing debate over its cost-effectiveness compared to similar programs in London.

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