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Triumph Of The City Analysis

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Within Triumph of the City, Glaeser refers to San Francisco as an urban star because the city, invests in education, has diverse industries, and the ability attract poor, which he claims make cities successful. While San Francisco can be considered successful because it reflects those qualities, it also falls short within those same qualities because of the presence of achievement gaps, automation of unskilled labor, and high labor costs.

I. Value of Investing in Education San Francisco’s investments in education increase its human capital which in turn allows for socioeconomic mobility of its inhabitance. Glaeser states that for a single worker an additional year of schooling correlates with an 8% increase in income. (48) This is because

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