Understanding the modern city & the powerful forces within it is the life's work of Harvard urban economist Edward Glaeser who at forty is hailed as one of the world's most exciting urban thinkers Travelling from city to city speaking to planners & politicians across the world he uncovers questions large & small whose answers are both counterintuitive & deeply significant Should New Orleans be rebuilt? Why can't my nephew afford an apartment in New York? Is London the new financial capital of the world? Is my job headed to Bangalore? In Triumph of the City Glaeser takes us around the world & into the mind of the modern city
- from Mumbai to Paris to Rio to Detroit to Shanghai & to any number of points in between
- to reveal how cities think why they behave in the manners that they do & what wisdom they share with the people who inhabit them 'A masterpiece' Steven D Levitt co-author of Freakonomics 'A brilliant read persuasive & provocative' Time Out ' Replete with lightly borne learning this is a tremendous book' Bryan Appleyard Literary Review ' Fascinating' Sunday Telegraph ' Comprehensive compelling & strongly recommended Tim Harford author of The Undercover Economist & Adapt 'A hymn to the city' Metro