Edward Glaeser - Cities, Terrorism, Housing, & Remote Work

ℹ️ EPISODE INFO

Released

November 28, 2022

Duration

57m

Channel

Dwarkesh Podcast

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📝 EPISODE DESCRIPTION

Edward Glaeser is the chair of the Harvard department of economics, and the author of the best books and papers about cities (including Survival of the City and Triumph of the City). He explains why:

• Cities are resilient to terrorism, remote work, & pandemics,
• Silicon Valley may collapse but the Sunbelt will prosper,
• Opioids show UBI is not a solution to AI
• & much more!

Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3gEGYkf Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3XwfnlI Episode Website + Transcript: https://www.dwarkeshpatel.com/p/edward-glaeser Follow me for updates on future episodes: https://twitter.com/dwarkesh_sp Timestamps: 0:00:00 Intro 0:00:40 Mars, Terrorism, & Capitals 0:07:12 Decline, Population Collapse, & Young Men 0:15:24 Urban Education 0:19:15 Georgism, Robert Moses, & Too Much Democracy? 0:26:09 Opioids, Automation, & UBI 0:30:37 Remote Work, Taxation, & Metaverse 0:43:09 Past & Future of Silicon Valley 0:48:59 Housing Reform 0:52:47 Europe’s Stagnation, Mumbai’s Safety, & Climate Change

🎤 SPEAKERS

• Edward Glaeser

  guest

• Dwarkesh Patel

  host

🧾 EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of Dwarkesh Podcast, featuring Edward Glaeser and Dwarkesh Patel, Edward Glaeser - Cities, Terrorism, Housing, & Remote Work explores edward Glaeser on cities: resilience, housing, remote work, and decline Edward Glaeser discusses how cities form, adapt, and sometimes decline, emphasizing the roles of transportation costs, housing markets, institutions, and local politics. He argues that cities are both targets and fortresses against terrorism, and explains why many Western capitals are less dominant than historic city-empires like Rome or Paris.

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