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Fred and Eleanor Glimp Professor of Economics, FAS
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Our Best Plan for Growth is to Set Our Cities Free. Edward Glaeser, March 7, 2011, Paper. "Advanced economies are struggling to find an economic path past recession. On Sunday, David Cameron, the UK prime minister, promised an assault on the "enemies of enterprise", while US president Barack Obama used January's state of the union speech to promote jobs and competitiveness. But this new dash for growth is too often a battle of old ideas. To turn the corner, it must instead embrace the innovation that emerges naturally in our great urban centres." (May require purchase or user account) Link