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

People I (Mostly) Admire

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The Solution Is Complex, Not Simple

In the case of gentification in housing prices, my solutions are pretty simple there. I just think you got to build more stuff. When it comes to policing, how to get cops to be a little bit less brutal? Or how to fix schools? These are complex organizations. We've actually erred, at least in the case of school reform, over the last 20 years. And so we've got to understand that these reforms require a long game that requires serious investment in administrative change.

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