<p>Cities are central to prosperity: they are hubs of innovation and growth. However, the economic vitality of wealthy cities is marred by persistent and pervasive inequality―and deeply entrenched anti-urban policies and politics limit the options to address it. Structural racism, suburban subsidies, regional government fragmentation, the hostility of state legislatures, and federal policy all contribute to an unequal status quo that underfunds cities while preventing them from pursuing fairer outcomes.\nEconomist Richard McGahey explores how cities can foster equitable economic growth despite the obstacles in their way. Drawing on economic and historical analysis as well as his extensive experience in government and philanthropy, he examines the failures of public policy and conventional economic wisdom that have led to the neglect of American cities and highlights opportunities for reform. Unequal Cities features detailed case studies of New York, Detroit, and Los Angeles, tracing how their attempts to achieve greater equity foundered because of the fiscal and political constraints imposed on them. McGahey identifies key lessons about the political coalitions that can overcome anti-urban biases, arguing that alliances among unions, environmentalists, and communities of color can help cities thrive. But he warns that cities cannot solve inequality on their own: political action at state and federal levels is necessary to achieve systemic change.\nShedding light on the forces that produced today’s dysfunction and disparities, Unequal Cities provides timely policy prescriptions to promote both growth and equity.</p>

Unequal Cities: Overcoming Anti-Urban Bias to Reduce Inequality in the United States

Business & Money

McGahey, Richard

Economics

Columbia University Press

Financial Services, Financial Centers: Public Policy And The Competition For Markets, Firms, And Jobs

Financial Services, Financial Centers: "Public Policy and the Competition for Markets, Firms, and Jobs"

Routledge

<p>This book lays out the forces that necessitate a strategy, shows how the competitive forces are affecting different financial centers and provides a policy framework for strategy development. It is essential for public officials, policy makers, legislators, scholars, and people in business.</p>

Jacobs,Michael

Malloy, Mary

Kazanas, Katherine

Tese, Vincent

Westview Press

The authors examine various efforts made since the mid-1960s to address the problems of structural unemployment, from the Manpower Development and Training Act of the early 1960s through the Reagan Administration's Job Training Partnership Act; they also look at specific employment problems currently confronting blacks.

Minorities and the Labor Market

Jeffries, John

University Press of America

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