McGahey Unequal Cities

Overcoming Anti-Urban Bias to Reduce Inequality in the United States
1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-0-231-55773-3
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: 6 - ePub Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 312 Seiten

Richard McGahey explores how cities can foster equitable economic growth despite the obstacles in their way. Drawing on extensive experience as well as historical analysis, he examines the failures of public policy and conventional economic wisdom that have led to the neglect of American cities and highlights opportunities for reform.

Autoren/Hrsg.

McGahey, Richard

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Regional- & Raumplanung Stadtplanung, Kommunale Planung
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Kommunal-, Regional-, und Landespolitik
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Regional- und Städtische Wirtschaft
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Entwicklungsökonomie & Emerging Markets
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Nachhaltigkeit

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Cities, the Economy, and Inequality
2. America’s Hostility Toward Cities: “Pestilential to the Morals, the Health, and the Liberties of Man”
3. Isolating America’s Cities: From the Economic “Golden Age” to “Two Societies—One Black, One White”
4. New York City: From Social Democracy to “A Tale of Two Cities”
5. Detroit: From the “Arsenal of Democracy” to Record-Breaking Bankruptcy
6. Los Angeles: Progressive Coalitions in a Changing Economy
7. Economics and Equity
8. Economics and Policy: What Can Cities Do?
9. Epilogue: Can Cities Fight Inequality On Their Own?
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Richard McGahey is an economist and senior fellow at the Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis and the Institute on Race, Power, and Political Economy, both within The New School. He served as executive director of the Congressional Joint Economic Committee, assistant secretary for policy at the U.S. Department of Labor, and in senior governmental positions in New York State and New York City. McGahey was director of impact assessment and a program officer for economic development at the Ford Foundation.