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44. Edward Glaeser Explains Why Some Cities Thrive While Others Fade Away

People I (Mostly) Admire

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Cities

I get the sense you just love cities, both on a personal level, but also as an economist. And it seems to me that basically everything good that's ever happened for human progress happened because of cities. Is it fair to say that you have a love affair with cities? I do partlly it's because i see in cities choice and freedom and liberty, so many things that you can do. That's what i think fundamentally is the goal of functioning economic systems, is to give people choices. And cities annaval that to happen.

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