Edward Glaeser

Edward Glaeser, professor of economics at Harvard University, senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, and the author of Triumph of the City: How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier, and Happier, looks at cities around the world and throughout history to show that they are the pinnacle of human achievement.

Harvard economist Edward Glaeser and writer Arianne Cohen analyzed how diners, drug dealers, copy shops, and other businesses manage to survive and thrive in NYC in their article "The Profit Calculator" in this week's New York Magazine. They discuss how "Newyorkonomics" makes it possible.