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The Zoning of Enterprise

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  • Edward C. Banfield

    (Harvard University)

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This paper seeks to make two principal points. The first is that upward mobility on the part of disadvantaged persons in the cities has been, is being, and doubtlessly will he, hampered by laws and regulations the manifest purpose of which is to make them better off. The second is that as our society becomes more sensitive to social injustices (real and imagined) it thereby becomes less capable of coping with certain of its problems; indeed, it increasingly confronts the dilemma that a good society, if it is to remain one, must sometimes do things that are incompatible with its goodness...

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  • Edward C. Banfield, 1982. "The Zoning of Enterprise," Cato Journal, Cato Journal, Cato Institute, vol. 2(2), pages 339-359, Fall.
    • Handle: RePEc:cto:journl:v:2:y:1982:i:2:p:339-359
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    1. Peter Gordon & Harry W. Richardson, 2010. "Urban Structure and Economic Growth," Working Paper 8517, USC Lusk Center for Real Estate.

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    • R00 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General - - - General
    • Z0 - Other Special Topics - - General

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