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The Rise and Fall of Urban Economies

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Featuring Raphael BosticElizabeth Currid-Halkett, Liz Falletta, Chris Redfearn, and Mott Smith Michael Storper, co-author of our latest book club pick, The Rise and Fall of Urban Economies said recently in an op-ed in the Los Angeles Times: “To succeed in the new economy … Southern California has to face its mistakes over the last 30 years.” The claim is that the Bay Area has been “better” at doing business than we have in SoCal. The book makes the claim that San Francisco has succeeded where Los Angeles has failed over the last 30 years. Experts from USC discuss the merits and faults of this comparison of the two regions, and what qualities might make one region “better” than another. To listen to the Bedrosian Book Club discussion of The Rise and Fall of Urban Economies click the orange arrow in the Soundcloud player at the top of this post. Or you can download it and subscribe through Soundcloud or iTunes! Follow us on Twitter! @RaphaelBostic @mottsmith @BedrosianCenter

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Links to things we talk about:

Peter Gordon, Professor at USC Price, focused on applied urban economics David Albury Mitchell Katz Steve Jobs’ Commencement address on June 12, 2005, Stanford University Whole Earth Catalog Route 128 : lessons from Boston’s high-tech community by Susan Rosegrant and David Lampe Nature’s Metropolis: Chicago and the Great West by William Cronon This podcast was produced by Aubrey Hicks and Jonathan Schwartz, recorded and mixed by Corey Hedden, intro and outro voiced by Kristen DesCombes. @AubreyHi @jonHLYP @coreyhedden

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