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The new urban crisis: Jesus, the city and the poor

This article is the first in a three-part review of Richard Florida’s book, “The New Urban Crisis: Gentrification, Housing Bubbles, Growing Inequality and What We Can Do About It?”(The new urban crisis: gentrification, housing bubbles, inequality growth and what we can do about it. ) Anyone who has read my Twitter account in recent weeks […]

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The new urban crisis: when? It doesn’t work

This article is the second in a three-part review of Richard Florida’s book, “The New Urban Crisis: Gentrification, Housing Bubbles, Growing Inequality, and What Can We Do About It?”(The new urban crisis: gentrification, housing bubbles, inequality growth and what we can do about it. ) Last time we talked about gentrification in general terms. What

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The new urban crisis: Jesus started with the upper classes

This is the latest in a three-part review of Richard Florida’s book, The New Urban Crisis: Gentrification, Housing Bubbles, Growing Inequality and What We Can Do About It?(The new urban crisis: gentrification, housing bubbles, growing inequality and what we can do about it. ) In Part 2, we established that rich churches, despite initial good

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