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Age of the City
- Why Our Future Will Be Won or Lost Together
- Narrated by: Nathaniel Priestley
- Length: 7 hrs and 1 min
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Summary
One of the Financial Times' Best Economics Books of 2023
Visionary Oxford professor Ian Goldin and The Economist's Tom Lee-Devlin show why the city is where the battles of inequality, social division, pandemics and climate change must be faced.
From centres of antiquity like Athens or Rome to modern metropolises like New York or Shanghai, cities throughout history have been the engines of human progress and the epicentres of our greatest achievements. Now, for the first time, more than half of humanity lives in cities, a share that continues to rise. In the developing world, cities are growing at a rate never seen before.
In this book, Professor Goldin and Tom Lee-Devlin show why making our societies fairer, more cohesive and sustainable must start with our cities. Globalization and technological change have concentrated wealth into a small number of booming metropolises, leaving many smaller cities and towns behind and feeding populist resentment. Yet even within seemingly thriving cities like London or San Francisco, the gap between the haves and have-nots continues to widen and our retreat into online worlds tears away at our social fabric. Meanwhile, pandemics and climate change pose existential threats to our increasingly urban world.
Professor Goldin and Tom Lee-Devlin combine the lessons of history with a deep understanding of the challenges confronting our world today to show why cities are at a crossroads – and hold our destinies in the balance.
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- Michael Bailey
- 17-09-23
Comprehensive, clear and engaging
Skillfully weaves together the past, present and future of the city, covering social, economic, political and environmental dimensions. Scary about what the future may hold for cities but practical and (moderately) hopeful about what needs to be done. A lot of the challenges require investment and I'd like to know more about where that money should come from.
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- Scott
- 16-09-23
Great audiobook
Engaging and easy to understand. It’s a bit short but the content is really good.
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