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Robert Neuwirth: The power of the informal economy | Video on TED.com - 2 views

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  • Robert Neuwirth spent four years among the chaotic stalls of street markets, talking to pushcart hawkers and gray marketers, to study the remarkable "System D," the world's unlicensed economic network. Responsible for some 1.8 billion jobs, it's an economy of underappreciated power and scope.
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Toward Zero Waste: Mumbai's Informal Recycling Economy | Sustainable Cities Collective - 1 views

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  • Mumbai’s rapid growth, high density, and sheer size present significant challenges for its waste management system. The enormous quantity of waste generated in the city makes large-scale, technologically driven “solutions” tempting. However, the opposite approach—a highly decentralized, people-powered model of waste management—has proven successful
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NY Times, Primary Elections, Anti Urban Bias - 0 views

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  • James Mattiace on 07 Jun 11
     
    Example of American anti-urban bias using Presidential primaries.
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Exploring the economics of gentrification | Marketplace.org - 2 views

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  • James Mattiace on 02 Dec 14
     
    A week long exploration of Gentrification  in Northern LA.  This is the landing page, you can the links from here.  The radio story is worth the 4 mins listen.
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