One classic paper compared the effects of right-to-work laws on factory jobs in neighboring counties, on either side of a right-to-work border. It fo…

- Edward Glaeser

Great cities are not static, they constantly change and take the world along with them.

- Edward Glaeser

It's hard not to empathize with the mayor's anger, given the injustices he'd suffered, but righteous anger rarely leads to wise policy.

- Edward Glaeser

Knowledge is more important than space.

- Edward Glaeser

One of the great ironies is that the impact of the flattening world has not been to empower decentralized rural land, but to strengthen the cities in…

- Edward Glaeser

There's a reason Atlanta, Dallas, Houston and Phoenix are our four fastest-growing areas. They offer an astonishingly high standard of living for ord…

- Edward Glaeser

The strength that comes from human collaboration is the central truth behind civilisation's success and the primary reason why cities existwe must fr…

- Edward Glaeser

An economist's definition of hatred is the willingness to pay a price to inflict harm on others.

- Edward Glaeser