Oct
20
3:15pm
Festival of the Future City: Edward Glaeser
By Bristol Ideas
Due to personal circumstances, David Cutler is no longer able to join this discussion.
Covering health, robots, schools, the future of downtown and more, Edward Glaeser joins Diane Coyle to examine the history and future of the global city.
From New York to New Delhi, Covid-19 has had a devastating impact on our urban world, turning the physical proximity which is central to the creative energy of the city into a potentially deadly threat to our health and wellbeing. Yet most of us live or work in cities, which are a vital part of both local and global economies and shape the lives we lead and our interactions with others. How can we adjust to this new reality?
Edward Glaeser – an expert on cities and economic growth – argue that the biggest threats to the global city are those we have created ourselves. These include inequalities in housing, health, work and education. We need to put health improvement above medical care, and support striving outsiders before privileged insiders, if our cities are to continue to thrive and drive economic growth and prosperity.
Hosted by Diane Coyle, co-director, Bennett Institute, University of Cambridge and founder of Enlightenment Economics.
Supported by Visit Britain.
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