Book review: Rachel Weber (2015) From Boom to Bubble. How Finance Built The New Chicago

Antoine Guironnet () and Ludovic Halbert ()
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Antoine Guironnet: LATTS - Laboratoire Techniques, Territoires et Sociétés - UPEM - Université Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallée - ENPC - École nationale des ponts et chaussées - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Ludovic Halbert: LATTS - Laboratoire Techniques, Territoires et Sociétés - UPEM - Université Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallée - ENPC - École nationale des ponts et chaussées - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

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Abstract: Rachel Weber's recent book offers a landmark contribution to the scholarship of urban studies. Written in a sharp and vivid style, and drawing from an intimate knowledge of Chicago, From Boom to Bubble constitutes an impressive work. Combining empirically-rich material with theoretically-informed research, Weber achieves the feat of bringing a strikingly new perspective on the much-debated question of why urban development is prone to overbuilding.

Keywords: planning; financialisation; urban political economy; urban redevelopment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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Published in Planning Theory and Practice, 2016, pp.668-670. ⟨10.1080/14649357.2016.1230366⟩

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DOI: 10.1080/14649357.2016.1230366

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