The Clustering of Artistic Innovations

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In renaissance art, florentine art, it starts with bruneleskis mathematical comprehension of how linear perspective works. And people are riffing on this for 50 years, creating masterpieces. A similar thing occurs in france in the late nineteenth century, an impressionism. They move away from trying to have art that close captures what we normally see when we see the outside world os something that's more experimental. In athenian philosophy, it startt asari. You enlist some of those greatestits wit your when you eri, i'm coming strong of athenian i’m a thinking of athenia. I think iv already discussed the the det

Edward Glaeser of Harvard University and author of The Triumph of Cities talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about American cities. The conversation begins with a discussion of the history of Detroit over the last century and its current plight. What might be done to improve Detroit's situation? Why are other cities experiencing similar challenges to those facing Detroit? Why are some cities thriving and growing? What policies might help ailing cities and what policies have helped those cities that succeed? The conversation concludes with a discussion of why cities have such potential for growth.