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Glaeser is the Fred and Eleanor Glimp Professor of Economics in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University, where he has taught since 1992. He is Director of the Taubman Center for State and Local Government and Director of the Rappaport Institute of Greater Boston. He regularly teaches microeconomic theory, and occasionally urban and public economics. He has published dozens of papers on cities, economic growth, and law and economics. In particular, his work has focused on the determinants of city growth and the role of cities as centers of idea transmission. He received his PhD from the University of Chicago in 1992.
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EDWARD L. GLAESER
Unfounded fear of Common Core
By Edward L. Glaeser, Globe Columnist
At the heart of the Common Core is the desire for a standardized yardstick with which we can evaluate future curricular innovations, not implementing a nationwide curriculum.
EDWARD L. GLAESER
Slots parlor is too risky for Worcester
By Edward L. Glaeser, Globe Columnist
Gambling’s downsides are especially worrisome in Worcester, which perpetually teeters on the brink between information-age success and rust belt failure.
EDWARD L. GLAESER
A bridge to East Boston — via ferry
By Edward L. Glaeser,
When the ferry idea is subjected to the kind of scrutiny that infrastructure proposals deserve, it looks like an experiment worth trying.”
EDWARD L. GLAESER
A better tax plan
By Edward L. Glaeser, Globe Columnist
Legislators have it right: Drivers should pay for the roads they use.