The Curious Task

Sandy Ikeda — What Would Jane Jacobs Do?

Listen Later

In honour of her birthday, Sandy Ikeda explores the ideas of Jane Jacobs and reflects on how her thinking on urban centres is still relevant today.

References from The Curious Task Episode 92 with Sandy Ikeda

  • You can listen to Sandy Ikeda discuss “Why Can’t a City Be a Work of Art?” on The Curious Task here.
  • A copy of Jane Jacob’s Death and Life of Great American Cities can be purchased from Amazon here. Some of her other works include The Economy of Cities (available here) and Systems of Survival (available here).
  • For those who want to learn more about Austrian economics, our friends at the Frasier Institute have released an introduction to the subject here.
  • You can read more about the thoughts Sandy Ikeda has on Urban Design and Social Complexity here.
    • ...more
    View all episodesView all episodes
    Download on the App Store
    The Curious TaskBy Institute for Liberal Studies
    • 4.8
    • 4.8
    • 4.8
    • 4.8
    • 4.8

    4.8

    19 ratings

    More shows like The Curious Task

    View all
    EconTalk by Russ Roberts

    EconTalk

    4,224 Listeners

    Robert Wright's Nonzero by Nonzero

    Robert Wright's Nonzero

    584 Listeners

    The Glenn Show by Glenn Loury

    The Glenn Show

    2,253 Listeners

    GLoP Culture by Ricochet

    GLoP Culture

    1,782 Listeners

    Conversations with Tyler by Mercatus Center at George Mason University

    Conversations with Tyler

    2,395 Listeners

    Macro Musings with David Beckworth by Mercatus Center at George Mason University

    Macro Musings with David Beckworth

    375 Listeners

    The Reason Roundtable by The Reason Roundtable

    The Reason Roundtable

    1,502 Listeners

    The Good Fight by Yascha Mounk

    The Good Fight

    893 Listeners

    The Remnant with Jonah Goldberg by The Dispatch

    The Remnant with Jonah Goldberg

    6,421 Listeners

    Uncommon Knowledge by Hoover Institution

    Uncommon Knowledge

    1,996 Listeners

    The Reason Interview With Nick Gillespie by The Reason Interview With Nick Gillespie

    The Reason Interview With Nick Gillespie

    725 Listeners

    The Soho Forum Debates by The Soho Forum Debates

    The Soho Forum Debates

    192 Listeners

    "Econ 102" with Noah Smith and Erik Torenberg by Turpentine

    "Econ 102" with Noah Smith and Erik Torenberg

    145 Listeners

    How The World Works by Kevin D. Williamson

    How The World Works

    195 Listeners

    Just Asking Questions by Reason

    Just Asking Questions

    100 Listeners