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#72 - The American Political Economy - w/ Jacob Hacker

Political Economy Forum

CHAPTER

The Economic Benefits of Agglomeration

Sausage: Urban density is increasingly beneficial for knowledge economies. But the political system of the United States punishes if you have specific constituencies that are packed in one geographic area, he says. Sausage: It's easier to forget just how biased the American political system is against density. And it needs to be understood if we're going to understand the nature of U.S. democracy and theAmerican economy.

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