Edward Glaeser interviewed with The Economist

This 10 minute video is an interview with Edward Glaeser, Professor of Economics at Harvard about his book "Triumph of the City". I have made reference to Glaeser's work countless times on this blog. I read his book in the spring and blogged about it here.

If you are interested in getting a snapshot of his book, check out the interview above. At the end of the interview, he mentions how technology such as real-time information for buses is only going to make our cities more manageable, efficient and pleasant to live in. I couldn't agree more and wrote a paper on this very topic for an urban transit class which you can view here.

I think Glaeser has a number of good ideas; some are vehemently rejected by the planning community. Some are embraced. But for anyone interested in cities (from an academic perspective or other) his work is highly informative and edifying.