Cities and the Wealth of Nations
By Jane Jacobs · 2016
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- About this editionISBN: 9780525432876, 0525432876Page count: 272Published: August 17, 2016Format: E-bookPublisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing GroupLanguage: EnglishAuthor: Jane Jacobs
In this eye-opening work of economic theory, Jane Jacobs argues that it is cities—not nations—that are the drivers of wealth. Challenging centuries of economic orthodoxy, in Cities and the Wealth of Nations the beloved author contends that healthy cities are constantly evolving to replace imported goods with locally-produced alternatives, spurring a cycle of vibrant economic growth. Intelligently argued and drawing on examples from around the world and across the ages, here Jacobs radically changes the way we view our cities—and our entire economy.Â
Source: PublisherReviewsReviews from other sitesBrilliantly simple explanation what makes the solid base of the economy. MoreThe first chapter is a standard review of basic economic theoriests, in which Jacobs sets the stage for a thesis that ranges over many centuries and the world. When production drops one place and the former workers are not provided for there is major econommic hardship. Jacobs has many tidbits of... MoreOther editions1985198419851986Vintage BooksRandom HouseVikingPenguinPaperbackHardcoverPaperbackPaperback257 pages257 pages257 pages257 pagesGet bookBorrowFind in a librarySearch in WorldCat.Search WorldCatSimilar booksThe Nature of EconomiesBy Jane JacobsJane Jacobs has spent years changing the way we think about economic life in general. Now, in The Nature of Economies, Jacobs proposes a radical notion that has breath-taking common sense: economies ...Systems of SurvivalA Dialogue on the Moral Foundations of Commerce and PoliticsBy Jane JacobsSystems of Survival: A Dialogue on the Moral Foundations of Commerce and Politics moves outside of the Jane Jacobs' preferred subject: the city, by studying the moral underpinnings of work. Using an ...The Question of SeparatismQuebec and the Struggle Over SovereigntyBy Jane JacobsJane Jacobs, writing from her adoptive country, uses the problems facing an independence-seeking Quebec and Canada as a whole to examine the universal problem of sovereignty and autonomy that nations ...About the workOriginally published: 1984Subject: Business & Economics / Economic History, Political Science / Public Policy / City Planning & Urban Development, Social Science / Sociology / Urban, Economic history, Electronic books, Urban economics, WealthMOREAuthorJane JacobsJournalistJane Jacobs was the legendary author of The Death and Life of Great American Cities, a work that has never gone out of print and that has transformed the disciplines of urban planning and city architecture. Her other major works include The Economy of Cities, Systems of Survival, and The Nature of Economies. She died in 2006.More by authorThe Death and Life of Great American CitiesBy Jane JacobsA direct and fundamentally optimistic indictment of the short-sightedness and intellectual arrogance that has characterized much of urban planning in this century, The Death and Life of Great ...The Economy of CitiesBy Jane JacobsIn this book, Jane Jacobs, building on the work of her debut, The Death and Life of Great American Cities, investigates the delicate way cities balance the interplay between the domestic production ...Dark Age AheadBy Jane JacobsVisionary thinker Jane Jacobs uses her authoritative work on urban life and economies to show us how we can protect and strengthen our culture and communities.In Dark Age Ahead, Jane Jacobs ...
