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American cities have not been too kind to minorities because (most) American cities have not been, well, cities. They are not dense, not walkable, don't allow people to rely on public transport, don't create enough opportunity (or necessity) to interact with people from different socio-economic brackets.
Dror Poleg • Did Cities Fail Us?
Virtue Hoarders: The Case against the Professional Managerial Class (Forerunners: Ideas First)
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By this time, a division had already begun to appear between developed or affluent Asia (Japan, Hong Kong, South Korea, Singapore and Taiwan) and developing Asia (the rest). Of
Prasenjit Duara • The Crisis of Global Modernity: Asian Traditions and a Sustainable Future (Asian Connections)
Small Is Beautiful: Economics as if People Mattered (Harper Perennial Modern Thought)
E.F. Schumacher • 5 highlights
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the classic work by Hechter 1975),
Gardner Bovingdon • The Uyghurs: Strangers in Their Own Land
The Weirdest People in the World: How the West Became Psychologically Peculiar and Particularly Prosperous
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