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Jason Barr on Building the Skyline and the Economics of Skyscrapers

Category: Education
Duration: 01:17:37
Publish Date: 2017-03-27 06:30:00
Description: Why does the Manhattan skyline look like it does with incredible skyscrapers south of City Hall then almost no tall buildings until midtown? Jason Barr of Rutgers University-Newark and author of Building the Skyline talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the evolution of Manhattan as a place to live and work, and the mix of individual choices and government policy that created the skyline of Manhattan.
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