💭 Cracking the city code

The future of cities depends on healthy regions

Hi,

It’s Azeem. Every few weeks, I invite an expert EV reader to share their thesis with us. This week, we’re tackling the gap between superstar cities and regions—an increasingly important issue cutting across politics, public policy and innovation. 

I asked James Wise, a London-based investor, with a particular interest in closing this provincial gap to explain why this issue is important and complicated—and whether it could be fixed. 

I’ve discussed this issue on my podcast with former candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination, Andrew Yang. I’m returning to this topic in a future podcast when I’ll discuss knowledge effects and urban agglomeration with complexity physicist, Cesar Hidalgo.

I was away this week on a family break, so I am glad James could step in. Please take a moment to thank him—or raise questions in the comments.

Azeem

Challenging the power structures of megacities

Hi, I’m James. I feel particularly fortunate that Azeem asked me to contribute to Exponential View