Authors in August: Edward Glaeser's Triumph of the City

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🗓️ 21 August 2019

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Where is the richest, smartest, greenest, healthiest, and happiest place to live? You might be imagining an idyllic mountain valley somewhere, but our guest, Edward Glaeser, is here today to tell you that the heart of the city is the place to be.

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0:00.0	Do you live in a city?
0:01.9	Chances are increasingly that you do,
0:05.3	and if you do live in a city, I have some good news for you.
0:09.6	Chances are you're smarter, you're happier, and you're richer because you live in a city and
0:16.7	the world is healthier and greener because most people these days either live in cities or seem to be moving to them.
0:27.0	Now that's not good news for everybody.
0:29.0	Country mice might not be quite as happy about that as Citibymeis.
0:33.2	And we're going to talk about that.
0:35.0	This week with Ed Glazer, the celebrated author of the book,
0:38.9	Triumph of the city.
0:40.7	It's my pleasure to welcome Dr. Glazer on this week's Rule Breaker Investing.
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