Jacobs' ideas about urban planning bumped her to the top of her Top Urban Thinkers list, but economists are turning to her other books to rethink local economies.
In Cities and the Wealth of Nations, Jacobs puts forward the idea that cities make a significant error when they invest in attracting large corporations rather than small, local businesses.
From the Miller/McCune article: "People in economic policy and development are looking carefully at Jacobs' work," says David Boyle, an author and researcher at the New Economics Foundation, a London-based independent economic think tank. "She's been very influential, but subtly so. People aren't always aware of where the ideas come from. This is true from the right and left."
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