American Cities in the Age of COVID-19, with Dr. Edward Glaeser

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Dan Crenshaw

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🗓️ 29 April 2020

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Harvard University’s Dr. Edward Glaeser joins Dan to examine the implications of COVID-19 on the economics of American cities. Why has the role of cities in battling pandemics changed dramatically over the past century? Will urban or rural communities recover more quickly after the economic shutdown ends? What is the best way to reduce the economic harm to workers who lost their incomes because of the shutdown? Should cities approach their housing and infrastructure policies differently going forward? Dr. Glaeser also sheds light on the more fundamental question of why cities exist in the first place.

Dr. Edward Glaeser is the Fred and Eleanor Glimp Professor of Economics in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University. He has published dozens of papers on the growth, law, and economics of cities. His work is focused on the determinants of city growth and the role of cities as centers of idea transmission. He received his PhD from the University of Chicago.

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0:00.0	We hold these truths to be self-evident.
0:02.0	But all men are clean.
0:04.0	Because I remember Congress, I get to have a lot of really interesting people in the office.
0:07.0	Experts on what they're talking about.
0:09.0	This is the podcast for insights into the issues.
0:11.0	China, bio-terrorism, Medicare for all, in-depth discussions.
0:16.0	Breaking it down into simple terms.
0:18.0	We hold these truths with Dan Crenshaw.
0:24.0	Welcome back everybody.
0:25.0	Got a great episode today.
0:27.0	We're talking about the economics of cities.
0:29.0	And a whole lot of other things.
0:31.0	Infrastructure, housing, what millennials have to complain about.
0:34.0	What they don't have to complain about.
0:36.0	The economics of cities as it relates to pandemics.
0:39.0	Heck, we're going to talk about why cities even exist in the first place.
0:42.0	And to help us with that conversation, I have Dr. Ed Glazer.
0:45.0	I'm sorry. Ed Glazer here with us.
0:48.0	He's a fellow at the Manhattan Institute.
0:50.0	And a professor of economics at Harvard University.
0:53.0	He has taught there since 1992.
0:55.0	Ed, thanks so much for being on the show.
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