
Infrastructure and Inequality
New Books in Economics
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Legacy Technologies Are So Crucial in My View
legacy technologies are so crucial in my opinion to understand is that even if you recognize or a problem to remediate them is really difficult because other infrastructure systems get placed accordingly. So we need to be mindful now of any incursions that continue in those areas because they will last beyond that time. And secondly, secondly is that those issues often are not going to be front of mind to people because they don't necessarily see all these issues and so you know for example with the Hill is an example. It wasn't just African Americans that were impacted it was a massive important area for immigrants anyone who first coming to the city came there. The vibrancy gets lost in that and what's worrisome is
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