Ed Glaeser

Advisor

Edward Glaeser is the Fred and Eleanor Glimp Professor of Economics at Harvard University, where he has taught since 1992. He is also Director for the Cities Research Programme at the International Growth Centre, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, and a contributing editor of City Journal. Glaeser’s research focuses on the determinants of city growth and the role of cities as centers of idea transmission. He has published dozens of papers on cities, economic growth, and law and economics. Glaeser is the author of Cities, Agglomeration, and Spatial Equilibrium (2008); Triumph of the City: How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier, and Happier (2012); Survival of the City: Living and Thriving in an Age of Isolation (2021); and coauthor of Rethinking Federal Housing Policy: How to Make Housing Plentiful and Affordable (2008). He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago.

Thinking Through a Greenland Purchase

Following former President Donald Trump’s victory in the Presidential election, there has been renewed talk of the United States buying Greenland. The idea had previously been floated by the Trump administration in 2019, though Greenlandic and Danish political leaders were quick to reject the possibility

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Celebrating 7 Years of CCI

Hi everyone, It’s CCI’s 7-year anniversary and I am returning to the role of Executive Director. Kurtis Lockhart exceptionally ran CCI for 2.5 years and is now launching the Africa Urban Lab, a joint project with the African School of Economics and CCI. We wish

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Why Was Shenzhen China’s Most Successful SEZ?

In 1978, what would become the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone (SEZ) contained a population numbering around 100,000. Today, it’s a metropolis home to over 17 million, smaller than only Beijing and Shanghai. While the country’s overall GDP grew by 10% between 1980 and 1984—which is

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