Volume 32, Number 17 · November 7, 1985
City Lights
By Peter Bauer
Cities and the Wealth of Nations: Principles of Economic Life
by Jane Jacobs
Random House/Vintage, 257 pp., $4.95 (paper)
Last year two American friends, one conservative, the other liberal, independently sent me copies of Mrs. Jacobs's book because they thought that while I would disagree with much of the argument, I would nevertheless find the book very interesting. They were right on both counts. Assessment of the merits and limitations of the book need have little to do with one's political position.
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