“Superstar Cities” & the Generation of Durable Inequality

The striking economic agglomerations emerging in affluent democracies are generating, reproducing, and expanding inequalities. A major mechanism for this is housing, which is both a repository for wealth and, under these conditions, a magnifier of wealth. Access to urban areas–the site of educationa...

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Main Authors: Le Galès, P. (Author), Pierson, P. (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MIT Press Journals 2019
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