{"product_id":"capital-city-gentrification-and-the-real-estate-state-jacobin","title":"Capital City: Gentrification and the Real Estate State (Jacobin)","description":"“This superbly succinct and incisive book” on urban planning and real estate argues gentrification isn’t driven by latte-sipping hipsters—but is engineered by the capitalist state (Michael Sorkin, author of All Over the Map)\n\nOur 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 former president of the United States—made his name as a landlord and developer.\n\nSamuel 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.\n\nCapital City explains the role of planners in the real estate state, as well as the remarkable power of planning to reclaim urban life.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 1786636395\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.1786636395.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Stein, Samuel\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: The item shows wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact  including the dust cover, if applicable . Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43534153711677,"sku":"BVV.1786636395.G","price":8.81,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/1786636395-0.jpg?v=1788211779","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/capital-city-gentrification-and-the-real-estate-state-jacobin","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}