McLane Teammates Reading Program Spring 2017 Texas Tech University
Reading Schedule
Introduction – January 25, 2017
. Den Uyl, Douglas J. (2000). “Education as Civil Society.” In Pierre F. Goodrich, Ed., Why Liberty? A Collection of Liberty Fund Essays. Indianapolis, IN: Liberty Fund, Inc. 67-72.
Session 1 – February 1, 2017 – The Importance of Cities
. Glaeser, Edward. (2011) “Our Urban Species.” In Triumph of the City: How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier, and Happier. New York, NY: Penguin Press. 1-15.
. Florida, Richard. (2005) “Cities and the Creative Class.” In Cities and the Creative Class. New York, NY: Routledge. 27-45.
. Jacobs, Jane. (1961) “Introduction.” In The Death and Life of Great American Cities. New York, NY: Vintage Books. 3-25.
Session 2 – February 15, 2017 – Urban Decline
. Glaeser, Edward. (2011) “Why Do Cities Decline?” In Triumph of the City: How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier, and Happier. New York, NY: Penguin Press. 41-67.
. Downs, Anthony. (1994) “Why We Need a New Vision.” In New Visions for Metropolitan America. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press. 3-16.
. –––––––– (1994) “Factors Affecting Growth.” 17-30.
Summit at Southern Methodist University – February 17-18, 2017 – Edward Glaeser
. Glaeser, Edward. (2011) “Why Do They Make in Bangalore?” In Triumph of the City: How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier, and Happier. New York, NY: Penguin Press. 17-40.
. –––––––– (2011) “How Do Cities Succeed?” 223-246.
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Session 3 – February 22, 2017 – Sprawl and Local Economic Development
. Glaeser, Edward. (2011) “Why Has Sprawl Spread?” In Triumph of the City: How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier, and Happier. New York, NY: Penguin Press. 165-197.
. Duany, Andres, Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, and Jeff Speck. (2000) “The Victims of Sprawl.” In Suburban Nation: The Rise of Sprawl and the Decline of the American Dream. New York, NY: North Point Press. 115-133.
. Hospers, Gert-Jan, Frederic Sautet, and Pierre Desrochers. (2008) “Silicon Somewhere: Is There a Need for Cluster Policy?” In Charlie Karlsson, ed., Handbook of Research on Innovation and Clusters: Cases and Policies. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing. 430-446.
Session 4 – March 1, 2017– Zoning and Texas-Style Urbanism
. Fischel, William. (2015) “Land Use and Land Economics,” In Zoning Rules! The Economics of Land Use Regulation. Cambridge, MA: Lincoln Institute of Land Policy. 1-26.
. –––––––– (2015) “The Structure and Administration of Zoning Laws” 27-68.
. Glaeser, Edward and Joseph Gyourko. (2002) “Zoning’s Steep Price.” Regulation, Vol. 25, No. 3. 24- 30.
. Saltzman, James. (1994) “Houston Says No to Zoning.” The Freeman. August 1. Irvington-on- Hudson, NY: Foundation for Economic Education.
. Kotkin, Joel and Wendell Cox. (2016) “Urbanism, Texas-Style.” City Journal. Special Issue: Texas Rising 2016, Issue #307. New York, NY: Manhattan Institute for Policy Research.
Session 5 – March 8, 2017 – Local Government: What is it Good For?
. Oates, Wallace. (1972) “An Economic Approach to Federalism.” In Fiscal Federalism. New York, NY: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich. 3-20.
. Cowen, Tyler. (1992) “Public Goods and Externalities: Old and New Perspectives.” In Public Goods and Market Failures: A Critical Examination. New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers. 1-26.
. Johnson, Paul. (2002) “Foreword.” In David Beito, Peter Gordon, and Alex Tabarrok, eds., The Voluntary City: Choice, Community, and Civil Society. Oakland, CA: The Independent Institute. vii-xiii.
. O’Toole, Randall. (2010) “Urban Transit.” Washington, DC: Downsizing Government, Cato Institute. 1-7.
. Puentes, Robert. (2008) “A Bridge to Somewhere: Rethinking American Transportation for the 21st Century.” Washington, DC: Metropolitan Policy Program, Brookings Institution. 1-11.
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Session 6 – March 22, 2017 – Alternatives to Traditional Local Government
. Stringham, Edward. (2015) “Rules from Voluntary Associations as an Alternative to Coercive Ones: Governance as a Public Good.” In Private Governance: Creating Order in Economic and Social Life. New York, NY: Oxford University Press. 21-36.
. Foldvary, Fred. (2002) “Proprietary Communities and Community Associations.” In David Beito, Peter Gordon, and Alex Tabarrok, eds., The Voluntary City: Choice, Community, and Civil Society. Oakland, CA: The Independent Institute. 258-286.
. Nelson, Robert H. (2004) “The Private Neighborhood.” Regulation, Vol. 27, No. 2. 40-46.
. Boudreaux, Donald. (2010) “The Private Provision of Public Goods.” The Freeman. May 20. Irvington-on-Hudson, NY: Foundation for Economic Education.
Session 7 – March 29, 2017 – Polycentrism
. Jacobs, Jane. (1961) “Governing and Planning Districts.” In The Death and Life of Great American Cities. New York, NY: Vintage Books. 405-427.
. Ostrom, Elinor. (1972) “Metropolitan Reform: Propositions Derived From Two Traditions.” Social Science Quarterly, Vol. 53, No. 3 (December). 474-493.
. Tullock, Gordon. (1994) “A Bouquet of Governments.” In The New Federalist. Vancouver, Canada: Fraser Institute. 61-76.
Session 8 – April 5, 2017 – Police and Fire Fighting Services
. Stringham, Edward. (2015) “Bundling Private Governance with Bricks and Mortar: Private Policing in California, North Carolina, and Beyond.” In Private Governance: Creating Order in Economic and Social Life. New York, NY: Oxford University Press. 113-133.
. Davies, Stephen. (2002) “The Private Provision of Police during the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries.” In David Beito, Peter Gordon, and Alex Tabarrok, eds., The Voluntary City: Choice, Community, and Civil Society. Oakland, CA: The Independent Institute. 151-174.
. Poole, Jr., Robert W. (1980) “Fire Protection.” In Cutting Back City Hall. New York, NY: Universe Books. 62-78.
. McChesney, Fred. (2002) “Smoke and Errors.” Library of Economics and Liberty. June 24. Indianapolis, IN: Liberty Fund, Inc.
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Session 9 – April 19, 2017 – Social Services and Disaster Relief
. Beito, David. (2002) “This Enormous Army: The Mutual-Aid Tradition of American Fraternal Societies before the Twentieth Century.” In David Beito, Peter Gordon, and Alex Tabarrok, eds., The Voluntary City: Choice, Community, and Civil Society. Oakland, CA: The Independent Institute. 182-197.
. Crockett, Colonel David. (2012) “Not Yours to Give.” The Freeman. November 16. Irvington-on- Hudson, NY: Foundation for Economic Education.
. Storr, Virgil Henry, Stefanie Haeffele-Balch, and Laura Grube. (2014) “How Entrepreneurs Promote Post-Disaster Community Rebound.” In Community Revival in the Wake of Disaster: Lessons in Local Entrepreneurship. New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan. 33-50.
. –––––––– (2014) “Fostering Resilient Communities.” 123-140.
Session 10 – April 26, 2017 – Overview
. Glaeser, Edward. (2011) “Flat World, Tall City.” In Triumph of the City: How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier, and Happier. New York, NY: Penguin Press. 247-270.
. Jacobs, Jane. (1961) “The Kind of Problem a City Is.” In The Death and Life of Great American Cities. New York, NY: Vintage Books. 428-447.
. Stringham, Edward. (2015) “The Relationship between Public and Private Governance: Does the State Help or Crowd Out Good Governance?” In Private Governance: Creating Order in Economic and Social Life. New York, NY: Oxford University Press. 193-205.
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