Triumph of the City
Triumph of the city
Triumph of the city, by Edward L. Glaeser, was published in the United States by the Penguin Group in February 2012. In this book, the author makes clear points how cities have not only survived but thrived; Glaeser’s premise is that human beings are best when they are close together, that cities provide the lifestyle that brings humans closer together. In order to solve all the problems and to have a better future, he encourages people to live in cities together so that we can improve together.
Glaeser’s main point is that “cities magnify humanity’s strengths.” In other words, more people mean more innovation and more cooperation. Cities attract talented people which are sharpened through competition. Entrepreneurship is encouraged in cities and they allow for social and economic mobility. Glaeser reflects on Jane Jacobs’s urban theories on mixing retail and residential people together and he was not agreeing with the small-scale living style but a large-scale community. He suggests more skyscrapers and buildings that can hold more people so that they can form a huge city. Glaeser claims the idea of more people mean more possibilities and more cooperation which matches to his main point. As for the scientific approach, he not only did a great number of scientific
researches but also came up with some hypothesis and tried to prove them. Glaeser used tremendous amount of examples throughout the whole book as the evidence to prove his point. Eventually, he came up with the conclusion that urban density which creates a constant flow of new information from all the people gathered. In other words, cities magnify humanity’s strengths and improve the quality of life of the whole city.
The key factors to a market success or failure are incentives, opportunity costs, tradeoffs, scarcity, supply and demand, market equilibrium, and common good. For the incentives affects, Glaeser attributes this to the fact that they are able to exchange ideas
Triumph of the city, by Edward L. Glaeser, was published in the United States by the Penguin Group in February 2012. In this book, the author makes clear points how cities have not only survived but thrived; Glaeser’s premise is that human beings are best when they are close together, that cities provide the lifestyle that brings humans closer together. In order to solve all the problems and to have a better future, he encourages people to live in cities together so that we can improve together.
Glaeser’s main point is that “cities magnify humanity’s strengths.” In other words, more people mean more innovation and more cooperation. Cities attract talented people which are sharpened through competition. Entrepreneurship is encouraged in cities and they allow for social and economic mobility. Glaeser reflects on Jane Jacobs’s urban theories on mixing retail and residential people together and he was not agreeing with the small-scale living style but a large-scale community. He suggests more skyscrapers and buildings that can hold more people so that they can form a huge city. Glaeser claims the idea of more people mean more possibilities and more cooperation which matches to his main point. As for the scientific approach, he not only did a great number of scientific
researches but also came up with some hypothesis and tried to prove them. Glaeser used tremendous amount of examples throughout the whole book as the evidence to prove his point. Eventually, he came up with the conclusion that urban density which creates a constant flow of new information from all the people gathered. In other words, cities magnify humanity’s strengths and improve the quality of life of the whole city.
The key factors to a market success or failure are incentives, opportunity costs, tradeoffs, scarcity, supply and demand, market equilibrium, and common good. For the incentives affects, Glaeser attributes this to the fact that they are able to exchange ideas