Anti-Urban Bias Continues, Says Glaeser

Once again, Harvard professor Ed Glaeser makes a persuasive case that the anti-urban bias of federal spending and policy continues.

Writing in The Boston Globe, Ed asserts that "the billions of dollars being spent on infrastructure across the nation
provide an opportunity to plan for a better America, but politics-as-usual favors sprawl over city. This anti-urban bias of national policies must end."

He calls "subsidization of highways, subsidization of homeownership, and a school system that creates strong incentives for many parents to leave city borders" a "painful policy trifecta" we've endured for the past 60 years.

Read the rest of his opinion piece here.

  

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