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Edward Glaeser

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Connection to Illinois: Edward received his received his Ph. D. from the University of Chicago in 1992.

Biography: Edward Glaeser is the Fred and Eleanor Glimp Professor of Economics at Harvard University. He studies the economics of cities, housing, segregation, obesity, crime, innovation, and other subjects, and writes about many of these issues for Economix. He serves as the director of the Taubman Center for State and Local Government and the Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston. He is also a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute


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Primary Literary Genre(s): Non-Fiction; Other

Primary Audience(s): Adult readers

Edward Glaeser on WorldCat : http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=edward+glaeser


Selected Titles

Cities, agglomeration, and spatial equilibrium
ISBN: 9780199290444 OCLC: 226280253

Oxford University Press, Oxford : ©2008.

Using a series of simple models and economic theory, Glaeser illustrates the primary features of urban economics including the concepts of spatial equilibrium and agglomeration economies.

Fighting poverty in the US and Europe :
ISBN: 0199286108 OCLC: 55005121

Oxford University Press, Oxford : 2004.

As events highlight deep divisions in attitudes between America and Europe, this is a very timely study of different approaches to the problems of domestic inequality and poverty. Based on careful and systematic analysis of national data, the authors describe just how different the two continents are in the level of their State engagement in the redistribution of income. They go through various possible economic explanations for the difference, including different levels of pre-tax income, openness, and social mobility; they survey politico-historical differences such as the varying physical size of nations, their electoral and legal systems, and the character of their political parties, as well as their experiences of war; and they examine sociological explanations which include different attitudes to the poor and notions of social responsibility, as well as, most importantly, attitudes to race. They calculate that attitudes to race explain half the observed difference in levels of public redistribution of income.

Rethinking federal housing policy :
ISBN: 0844742732 OCLC: 260254235

AEI Press, Washington, D.C. : 2008.

The governance of not-for-profit organizations
ISBN: 9780226297866 OCLC: 189540659

University of Chicago Press, Chicago : ©2003.

Not-for-profit organizations play a critical role in the American economy, but little attention is paid to the pressures and challenges that affect their governance. We know such firms don?t try to maximize profits, but what do they maximize?. The Governance of Not-for-Profit Organizations tackles that question head-on, assembling experts on the not-for-profit sector to examine the diverse and wide-ranging concerns of universities, art museums, health care providers?and even the medieval church. Contributors look at a number of different aspects of not-for-profit operations, from the problems.

The governance of not-for-profit organizations /
ISBN: 0226297888 OCLC: 615017204

University of Chicago Press, Chicago ; 2006.

Not-for-profit organizations play a critical role in the American economy. In health care, education, culture, and religion, we trust not-for-profit firms to serve the interests of their donors, customers, employees, and society at large. We know that such firms don't try to maximize profits, but what do they maximize?This book attempts to answer that question, assembling leading experts on the economics of the not-for-profit sector to examine the problems of the health care industry, art museums, universities, and even the medieval church. Contributors look at a number of different aspects of.

Triumph of the city :
ISBN: 9781101475676 OCLC: 759841377

Penguin Press, New York : 2011.

A pioneering urban economist offers fascinating, even inspiring proof that the city is humanity's greatest invention and our best hope for the future.

Triumph of the city :
ISBN: 159420277X OCLC: 650211168

Penguin Press, New York : 2011.

A pioneering urban economist offers fascinating, even inspiring proof that the city is humanity's greatest invention and our best hope for the future.

 

 

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