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Edward Glaeser is a prominent American economist and the Fred and Eleanor Glimp Professor of Economics at Harvard University, where he has taught since 1992. A leading urban economist, he studies the economics of cities, housing, segregation, economic growth, and idea transmission in dense environments. Glaeser earned his AB from Princeton University and PhD from the University of Chicago. He has directed Harvard’s Taubman Center for State and Local Government and the Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston, and co-edits the “Quarterly Journal of Economics”. He is a fellow of the National Academy of Sciences and the Econometric Society. His influential books include “Triumph of the City” (2011), which celebrates cities as engines of innovation, wealth, and human achievement, and “Survival of the City” (2021) with David Cutler. Glaeser advocates for abundant housing supply, deregulation to combat high costs, and policies that leverage urban density while addressing challenges like inequality and sprawl. He frequently contributes to public discourse on infrastructure, zoning reform, and urban policy.