Reconstructing Urban Economics

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Reconstructing Urban Economics

Towards a Political Economy of the Built Environment

Housing and homelessness Regional / urban economics Economic geography Urban and municipal planning and policy

Author: Franklin Obeng-Odoom

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Language: English

Published by: Zed Books

Published on: 15th August 2016

Format: LCP-protected ePub

Size: 296 pages

ISBN: 9781783606627


Neoclassical economics

the intellectual bedrock of modern capitalism, faces growing criticisms, as many of its key assumptions and policy prescriptions are systematically challenged. Yet, there remains one field of economics where these limitations continue virtually unchallenged: the study of cities and regions in built-environment economics.

About the Book

In this book, Franklin Obeng-Odoom draws on institutional, Georgist and Marxist economics to clearly but comprehensively show what the key issues are today in thinking about urban economics. In doing so, he demonstrates the widespread tensions and contradictions in the status quo, showing how to reconstruct urban economics in order to create a more just society and environment.

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