Calling it "a remarkable thing" that, given all of our choices about where to live, cities are so appealing, in this short video from CEOs for Cities' Fall National Meeting in Chicago, Harvard economist Ed Glaeser offers his ideas on the policies, both local and national, that would best enable cities' success. He calls on local policymakers to focus on "ephemeral" quality of life issues in addition to safety and schools so as to attract smart, entrepreneurial people. At the federal level, he simply asks for a level playing field that doesn't "act as if cities are un-American, but rather understands that the American Dream doesn't have to mean a white picket fence in the suburbs."
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