Bibliograph

Capital city, gentrification and the real estate state, Samuel Stein

Type

Label

Capital city, gentrification and the real estate state, Samuel Stein

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Capital city

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1079205347

Responsibility statement

Samuel Stein

Series statement

Jacobin series

Sub title

gentrification and the real estate state

Summary

"Our cities are changing. Around the world, more and more money is being invested in buildings and land. Real estate is now a $217 trillion dollar industry, worth thirty-six times the value of all the gold ever mined. It forms 60 percent of global assets, and one of the most powerful people in the world--the president of the United States--made his name as a landlord and developer. Samuel Stein shows that this explosive transformation of urban life and politics has been driven not only by the tastes of wealthy newcomers, but by the state-driven process of urban planning. Planning agencies provide a unique window into the ways the state uses and is used by capital, and the means by which urban renovations are translated into rising real estate values and rising rents. Capital City explains the role of planners in the real estate state, as well as the remarkable power of planning to reclaim urban life."--Inside front flap

Table Of Contents

The rise of real estate state -- Planning gentrification -- New York's bipartisan consensus -- The developer president and the private side of planning history -- Unmaking the real estate state

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