How Should We Be Thinking About Urbanization? A Freakonomics Quorum - Freakonomics - Opinion - New York Times Blog

Blogged on: December 14, 2007, 10:41 am
A central paradox of the twenty-first century is that declining communication and transportation costs have made cities more vital than ever. In the developing world, cities are the intellectual gateways between the human capital of India and China and th
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FT.com / Reports - Mexico City: High politics hinder the renovation of historic city

Blogged on: November 21, 2007, 1:32 pm
Not so long ago, it was barely possible to walk along the pavements in and around the centro histórico, the area of cobbled streets, baroque churches, colonial administrative buildings and graceful old homes at the heart of Mexico’s capital. Every day
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Gene Expression: 10 Questions for Greg Clark

Blogged on: August 30, 2007, 3:09 pm
While much of the discussion of Clark's book has focused on his "survival of the richest" hypothesis, Clark himself appears to be equally devoted to demolishing the widely-held view that economic institutions are the key to modern economic growth. He note
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The Regional Advantage of the Silicon Valley and Its History

Blogged on: March 23, 2007, 3:08 pm
In the 1970's both the Route 128 complex of Boston and the Silicon Valley were centers of high technology industry, but by the 1980's the Route 128 area was stagnating while the Silicon Valley, after experiencing economics shocks, was moving ahead to beco
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NationMaster.com - Where Stats Come Alive!

Blogged on: April 20, 2006, 8:38 am
Welcome to NationMaster.com, a massive central data source and a handy way to graphically compare nations. NationMaster is a vast compilation of data from such sources as the CIA World Factbook, UN, and OECD. Using the form above, you can generate maps an
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