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Informationen zum Autor Bruce Katz is the cofounder of New Localism Advisors and was the Centennial Scholar at the Brookings Institution, where he focused on the challenges and opportunities of global urbanization. He was vice president and codirector of the Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program, which he founded in 1996. He coauthored The Metropolitan Revolution (Brookings, 2013). Jeremy Nowak was the cofounder of New Localism Advisors and a Distinguished Visiting Fellow at Drexel University's Lindy Institute for Urban Innovation. He created The Reinvestment Fund, one of the largest community investment institutions in the United States, and chaired the Board of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia. Dag Detter is Managing Director of Detter & Co, specializing in unlocking public wealth. Previously he was the President of Stattum, the Swedish government holding company, and Director of State Enterprises at the Ministry of Industry. Stefan Fölster is Director of the Reform Institute in Sweden and Associate Professor of economics at the Royal Institute of Technology, in Stockholm. He has been the chief economist at the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise, and the author of many books on economic growth and social developments. Detter and Fölster are the authors of The Public Wealth of Nations , named by both The Economist and The Financial Times as among the best books of 2015. Klappentext The authors of The Public Wealth of Nations (listed among the Best Books of the Year 2015 by The Economist and The Financial Times ) reveal how cities can use under performing assets to ramp up their much-needed investments. Crumbling streets and bridges. Poorly performing schools. Inadequate social services. These are common complaints in cities, which too often struggle just to keep the lights on, much less make the long-term investments necessary for future generations. It doesn't have to be this way. In The Public Wealth of Cities , two experts in public finance describe a simple but compelling blueprint to restore economic vitality and financial stability to cities by taking steps that already have proved remarkably successful. The key is to unlock social, human, and economic wealth that cities already own but is out of sight. A focus on existing public wealth helps to shift attention and resources from short-term spending to longer-term investments that can dramatically raise the quality of life for urban residents. A crucial first step is to understand a city's balance sheet-too few cities comprehend how valuable a working tool this can be. With this previously hidden asset in hand, taxpayers, politicians, and investors can better recognize the long-term consequences of political decisions and make choices that mobilize real returns rather than rely on more taxes, debt, or austerity. Even poor cities own large swathes of real estate and control underperforming utilities and other commercial assets. Most cities could more than double their investments with a more professional approach to these assets. Managing them smartly through the authors' proposed Urban Wealth Funds-at arm's-length from short-term political influence-will enable cities to create the conditions for essential long-term investment. Zusammenfassung Even poor cities own large swathes of poorly utilized real estate! or they control underperforming utilities and other commercial assets. Most cities could more than double their investments with smarter use of these commercial assets. Managing the city's assets smartly through the authors' proposed Urban Wealth Funds will enable cities to ramp up much needed infrastructure investments. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents: Foreword Preface 1. The Investment Trap 2. Why Some Cities Fail 3. Turbo Cities
