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In the Information Age, only cities that repay their upkeep with a high quality of life will stay viable. People at a distance won’t be obligated to subsidize them.

James Dale Davidson • The Sovereign Individual: How to Survive and Thrive During the Collapse of the Welfare State

beneficiaries they represent, including their interests in a thriving job market that offers economic

Holly Ensign-Barstow • From shareholder primacy to stakeholder capitalism

demographic growth, by which city populations increase (or decrease) over time.

Luis M. A. Bettencourt • Introduction to Urban Science: Evidence and Theory of Cities as Complex Systems

This history of neoliberalization and class formation, and the proliferating acceptance of the ideas of the Mont Pelerin Society as the ruling ideas of the time, makes for interesting reading when placed against the background of counter-arguments laid out by Karl Polanyi in 1944 (shortly before the Mont Pelerin Society was established). In a compl

David Harvey • A Brief History of Neoliberalism

The conventional wisdom used to be that creating a strong economy came first, and that increased population and a higher quality of life would follow. The converse now seems more likely: creating a higher quality of life is the first step to attracting new residents and jobs.

Jeff Speck • Walkable City: How Downtown Can Save America, One Step at a Time

The theory is very elegant: Elites agree that growth is good, so all effort must be put into assuring each parcel of the city has reached its “highest and best use” and extracting the profit that comes with it. Because the most powerful people in any given city agree that growth is good, planning, zoning, and government in general aid in the arrang

David A. Banks • The City Authentic: How the Attention Economy Builds Urban America

strong income segregation by neighborhood. This is particularly interesting because these cities are currently among the fastest growing in the nation

Luis M. A. Bettencourt • Introduction to Urban Science: Evidence and Theory of Cities as Complex Systems

Now we know that the suburban environmentalists had it backward. Manhattan and downtown

Edward Glaeser • Triumph of the City: How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier, and Happier

including congestion, high costs of living, crime, environmental challenges,