What is gentrification? It isn't just about what was once known as the hipster
and is still known as the artist, the telltale warning signs of impending
demographic change. It's part of an entire political-economic order that has
made real estate global capitalism's most prized asset for storing wealth—one
that has helped bend place-based urban governments to the will of mobile, and
thus more powerful, capital. Dan interviews Samuel Stein on his book, Capital
City: Gentrification and the Real Estate State.
Come to The Dig's Slavery's Hinterlands symposium Thursday through Saturday in
Rhode Island: facebook.com/events/661508874305008/
Check out the English transcript of last week's Spanish-language interview
with Communist Chilean Mayor Daniel Jadue jacobinmag.com/2019/04/communist-
party-chile-left-governance-recoleta
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