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and by Verso Books, which has loads of great left-wing titles, perfect for dig listeners like you.

One that you might like is Capital City, Gentrification in the Real Estate state by Samuel Stein. Our cities are changing.

Around the world, more and more money is being invested in buildings and land. Real estate is now a

$217 trillion dollar industry, worth 36 times the value of all the gold ever mined.

It forms 60% of global assets, and one of the most powerful people in the world, the

president of the United States, made his name as a landlord and developer.

Samuel Stein shows that this explosive transformation of urban life and politics has been driven not only by the tastes of wealthy

newcomers, but by the state-driven process of urban planning. Planning agencies provide a

unique window into the way the state

uses and is used by capital and the means by which urban renovations are translated into rising

real estate values and rising rents. Capital City explains the role of planners in the real estate state, as well as the remarkable

power of planning to reclaim urban life. Also, if you're in New England, come see me interview

Stein live in Providence, April 23, 7 p.m. at Riffraff Books.

Capital City, gentrification, and the real estate state by Samuel Stein.

Out now from Verso Books.

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My name is Daniel Denver, and I'm temporarily broadcasting from Santiago de Chile.

The scope of Yemen's humanitarian disaster is breathtaking.

Ten million people are on the brink of famine, and nearly a quarter million are at catastrophic levels of food insecurity.

This is a rather obvious insight, but it's worth emphasizing that war creates the socioeconomic

conditions that are precisely the opposite of everything

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