{"product_id":"2940170549511","title":"Capital City: Gentrification and the Real Estate State","description":"\u003cp\u003eOur 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 worldamp;mdash;the president of the United Statesamp;mdash;made his name as a landlord and developer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSamuel 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCapital City\u003c\/i\u003e explains the role of planners in the real estate state, as well as the remarkable power of planning to reclaim urban life.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tantor Audio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47150707441904,"sku":"2940170549511","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170549511_p0.jpg?v=1763712102","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170549511","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}