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...impact of Glaeser’s work extends far beyond Massachusetts. “He revitalized urban economics to become a dynamic field,” University Chicago Professor Gary S. Becker wrote in an e-mail to The Crimson Saturday. Glaeser “is clearly one of the most creative of all economists,” added Becker, winner of the 1992 Nobel prize in economics...
...kind of turnaround as Boston.” While his Baltimore trip is for nonacademic purposes—Maryland is home to his wife’s family—Glaeser has developed a reputation internationally as a globe-trotting consultant dispensing economic advice to far-flung urban centers...
Visiting his ancestral homeland in February, Glaeser told Glasgow officials that their city is teetering on a “knife edge.” He said Glasgow could follow Boston’s model of economic growth—or a Baltimore-style path of urban decay...
Indeed, Glaeser’s work points to a series of suggestions for urban officials...
...only is Glaeser “the world’s leading expert on urban economics,” Cutler wrote in an e-mail Saturday, but “he is also a leading expert on behavioral economics—the study of why people make the decisions they do, and how that plays out in markets...