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Cities and the Wealth of Nations

Jane Jacobs

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Ha-Joon Chang's works Bad Samaritans: The Myth of Free Trade and the Secret History of Capitalism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bad_Samaritans:_The_Myth_of_Fr... (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bad_Samaritans:_The_Myth_of_Free_Trade_and_the_Secret_History_of_Capitalism) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WU9DgfOMpmo Economics: The User's Guide https://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/may/29/economics-the-... (https://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/may/29/economics-the-users-guide-ha-joon-chang-review) Jane Jacobs Cities and the Wealth of Nations https://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/reviews/books/0-394-72911-0.htm... (https://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/reviews/books/0-394-72911-0.html)
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Searching online I eventually found one on Amazon for $12 - about the cheapest I saw (lots on Amazon uk, starting at about 15 pounds) - from Powell's. If you found pg's cities essays interesting or clueless, read Jane Jacobs's trilogy on cities: The Death and Life of Great American Cities The Economy of Cities Cities and the Wealth of Nations The quality of the writing, and the thought, more than fully justify the hubris of the last title.