Cities and the wealth of nations
Analyzes the economic functions, powers and limitations of cities and the uneasy relationship of cities with the national governments that preside over them.
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- Its not size of Firm, its new work from old work. See Jane Jacobs, The Economy of Cities and her other book Cities and the Wealth of Nations.
- This paper doesn't mention her economic writings, but Jacobs thought they would end up being her most enduring legacy [0]. AFAIK they've had a much more limited impact on economics, except for a burst of interest in some circles around the 1990s (endogenous growth theory and urban econ).
For those interested in her economic ideas, I recommend reading _The Economy of Cities_ (1969) followed by _Cities and the Wealth of Nations_ (1984). For a quicker overview, here's a past submission/discussion on the topic: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10834435
[0] https://reason.com/2001/06/01/city-views-2/ (search the page for "remembered")
- Jane Jacobs‘ book mentioned in the article is one that I highly recommend („The Death and Life of Great American Cities“; another one is „Cities and the Wealth of Nations“, here, if I remember correctly the theory is That cities are the drivers of economic growth, not countries. She even argues that cities have been the starting point of the agricultural revolution). There is so much thought-provoking material in those books. Blew my mind, when I read them five or so years ago.
- 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://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WU9DgfOMpmo
Economics: The User's Guide https://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/may/29/economics-the-...
Jane Jacobs
Cities and the Wealth of Nations https://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/reviews/books/0-394-72911-0.htm...
- For an earlier take, Jane Jacobs, Cities and the Wealth of Nations.
https://www.worldcat.org/title/cities-and-the-wealth-of-nati...
- +1 for Jane Jacobs' books. Just finished Cities and the Wealth of Nations.
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