{"product_id":"capital-city-gentrification-and-the-real-estate-state-9781786636393","title":"Capital City: Gentrification and the Real Estate State","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"This superbly succinct and incisive book couldn't be more timely or urgent.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Michael Sorkin, author of \u003ci\u003eAll Over the Map\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOur cities are changing. Around the world, more and more money is being invested in buildings and land. Real estate is now a $217 trillion dollar industry, worth thirty-six times the value of all the gold ever mined. It forms sixty percent of global assets, and one of the most powerful people in the world--the president of the United States--made his name as a landlord and developer. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSamuel Stein shows that this explosive transformation of urban life and politics has been driven not only by the tastes of wealthy newcomers, but by the state-driven process of urban planning. Planning agencies provide a unique window into the ways the state uses and is used by capital, and the means by which urban renovations are translated into rising real estate values and rising rents. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eCapital City \u003c\/i\u003eexplains the role of planners in the real estate state, as well as the remarkable power of planning to reclaim urban life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Verso\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/12\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781786636393\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.10w x 0.90d","brand":"Samuel Stein","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36668859023516,"sku":"9781786636393","price":15.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_ec24e946-46ab-4654-85a0-70eaebe68765.jpg?v=1603918646","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/capital-city-gentrification-and-the-real-estate-state-9781786636393","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}