. >> economist and author edward glaeser talked about the state of employment in the u.s. looking at labor market trends and government policy. he spoke about the impact of the plan was that about suicide, divorce rates and drug abuse. from the manhattan institute, this is one hour. >> as you note, the use of economics as a tool to try to understand the world and figure ways to improve the human condition. one of the great public intellectuals of our time, he is quite prolific, always provocative and very perceptive. nobel laureate gary becker remarked before edward glaeser burst on the scene in the early 1990s urban economics was dried up. noted come up with some new ways to look at the cities. ed continue to redefine the economics particularly urban economics from his perch at hardware has taught since 1992. he has published dozens of papers on why cities rise and fall, and original book "triumph of the city" became a new times bestseller. he served as director of the center for state and local government and director of the rappaport institute or greater boston. the man

economist and author edward glaeser recently talked about the state of employment in the united states by looking at labor market trends and government policy. he also spoke about the impact implement was having on suicide, divorce and drug abuse.

. >> economist and author edward glaeser talked about the state of employment in the u.s. looking at labor market trends and government policy. he spoke about the impact of the plan was that about suicide, divorce rates and drug abuse. from the manhattan institute, this is one hour. >> as you note, the use of economics as a tool to try to understand the world and figure ways to improve the human condition. one of the great public intellectuals of our time, he is quite prolific, always provocative and very perceptive. nobel laureate gary becker

economist and author edward glaeser recently talked about the state of employment in the united states by looking at labor market trends and government policy. he also spoke about the impact implement was having on suicide, divorce and drug abuse. for the manhattan institute in new york city, this is an hour. as you know, it uses economics as a tool to understand the world and figure out ways to improve the conditions. one of the great public intellectual's of our time, he is quite prolific, always provocative and very protective. remarkedreate once that before he burst onto the 1990's, urbanarly economics was dried up. no one had come up with new ways to look at cities. ed continues to redefine economic, particularly urban harvard where he has taught since 1992. he has published dozens of papers unless it is rise and fall and his 2012 book became a new york times best seller. he serves as director of the tubman center and director of the rappaport institute. the manhattan institute is honored to count him as one of our adjunct senior fellow. when the first talks he gave in 2006, title

. >> now edward glaeser cites labor market trends and what he calls poisonous government policy. mr. glaeser's recent speech at the manhattan institute in new york city was called the end of work. t's an hour. >> as you know polymath uses economics as a tool to understand the world and figure out ways to improve the human condition. one of the great public intellectuals of our time, quite prolific, always provocative, and very perceptive. nobel laureate gary becker once remarked before ed burst on to the scene in the early 1990's urban economics was dried up. no one had come up with new ways to look at cities. ed continues to redefine economics particularly urban economics from his perch at harvard where he has taught since 1992. he has published dozens of papers on why cities rise and fall and his 2012 book "triumph of the city" became a "new york times" best seller. he serves as director of the center for state and local government and director of the nstitute for greater boston. the manhattan center is proud to call him one of our adgeenths. back in 2006 it was titled why are