AliCorbin reviewed Cities and the Wealth of Nations by Jane Jacobs
In this eye-opening work of economic theory, Jane Jacobs argues that it is cities—not nations—that …
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2 stars
It was pretty dry, written in an economist's vocabulary, with the basic premise that the only economic unit that functioned well was a city-region, a city with it's surrounding industry and agriculture. She thought that nations were too large for the chaotic improvisation of capitalism to function. And forget about planned economies.