HumanscaleNYC Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Someone With a Better Idea (SWABI), Lynn Ellsworth, economist, founded Friends of Duane Park, Tribeca Trust, Humanscale NYC, Empire Station Coalition.Views mine
What's Wrong with Economics?: A Primer for the Perplexed
Robert SkidelskyHumanscaleNYCNeo-classical econ has been validly criticized and attacked from within and without since - well forever, Still, am enjoying Robert Skidelsky's more recent "What's Wrong With Economics?" book today. Dear non-econs: fancy math does not makes anything "science". https://t.co/cghhhG9qoY
Paperback, 2021
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In Defense of Housing: The Politics of Crisis
Peter MarcuseHumanscaleNYCNoting with sadness the passing of a great thinker, Peter Marcuse, who died a few days ago, author of "In Defense of Housing" and "Cities for People, not for Profit".....Peter Marcuse's Blog – Critical planning and other thoughts https://t.co/zjpz6Pnfmw
Paperback, 2024
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Vital Little Plans: The Short Works of Jane Jacobs
Jane JacobsHumanscaleNYC"They weren't against low income housing; they were against big plans and things that looked like big plans which, bit by bit, had been destroying the fabric of the city" Jane Jacobs, Vital Little Plans, page 232. https://t.co/resCp68YKT
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Just Pictures!HumanscaleNYCSometimes it is not just pictures of owls or @fuelgrannie that makes me smile.....Italy seeks Unesco heritage status for espresso coffee | Italy | The Guardian https://t.co/jMK3fj5p6e
Paperback, 2017
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Greater Than Ever: New York's Big Comeback
Daniel DoctoroffHumanscaleNYCFinally reading Dan Doctoroff's self-aggrandizing book, "Greater Than Ever". My favorite quote so far, "no area of the city was safe from our rezoning machine" At least he's honest - bizarrely tone deaf to his own parochial elitism (the word Harvard appears way too often)
Hardcover, 2017
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