5. books

  • Keys to the City: How Economics, Institutions, Social Interaction, and Politics Shape Development by Michael Storper. Princeton University Press 2013

  • The Rise and Fall of Urban Economies: Lessons from San Francisco and Los Angeles by Michael Storper (Distinguished Professor of Regional and International Development in Urban Planning; Director, Global Public Affairs at UCLA) for PODCAST see above

  • Homewreckers: How a Gang of Wall Street Kingpins, Hedge Fund Magnates, Crooked Banks, and Vulture Capitalists Suckered Millions Out of Their Homes and Demolished the American Dream by Aaron Glantz (Peabody Award-winning print, television and radio journalist)
    https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-06-286953-1

  • Pictures of a Gone City: Tech and the Dark Side of Prosperity in the San Francisco Bay Area by Richard A. Walker, Prof. emeritus of Geography, UCB -Review in Good Reads. Book includes an excellent bibliography.
    https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/36206247-pictures-of-a-gone-city

  • Cityscapes of the Unequal City: How bicycling expresses class and racial divisions in a city. Recent history of cycling.