Episode 547: The Menace of Prosperity
Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast · The Overhead Wire
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Show Notes
This week on the Talking Headways podcast we're joined by professor Daniel Wortel-London to discuss his new book The Menace of Prosperity: New York City and the Struggle for Economic Development, 1875–1981. We talk about urban growth and missed opportunities by reformers to allow cities to capture more of their value. We discuss Henry George and the land tax movement, what running a city like a business should really mean, and the origins of "highest and best use". There are also cameos by Lewis Mumford and Jane Jacobs.
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