Daniel Wortel-London presents The Menace of Prosperity

P&T Knitwear is pleased to welcome Daniel Wortel-London to celebrate and discuss his new book, which upends entrenched thinking about cities, demonstrating how urban economies are defined—or constrained—by the fiscal imagination of policymakers, activists, and residents.

Daniel will be joined in conversation by Eric Lach and Nicholas Dagen Bloom. Along with a discussion and audience Q&A, Daniel will also sign copies of his book.

Housekeeping notes:

• This is a ticketed in-store event with limited amphitheater-style seating.
• Doors open at 6:30pm.
• Books will be available for purchase at the event.
• Cost of a $5 general admission ticket can be applied towards your purchase.
• Cost of a book bundle ticket reflects the total cost of the feature event book (MSRP plus tax). Each book bundle ticket guarantees ticket holders one (1) copy of the feature event book.
• The talk will be followed by a book signing. Books signed at P&T Knitwear events must be purchased from P&T Knitwear.
• If you would like a signed copy and cannot attend the event, we're happy to take your pre-order. We ship most places!

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Daniel Wortel-London, PhD is a historian of American economic policy and thought. He earned his PhD in history from New York University in 2020, where he served as a Jefferson Scholar National Fellow at the Jefferson Scholars Foundation, a Louis Galambos National Fellow in Business and Politics at the Hagley Museum and Library, a visiting scholar at the Urban Democracy Lab, and a Fellow at the Clarence S. Stein Institute for Urban and Landscape Studies.

ABOUT THE MODERATORS

Eric Lach is a staff writer at The New Yorker. He is writing a book about New York City real estate.

Nicholas Dagen Bloom is a Professor of Urban Policy and Planning at Hunter College. His research analyzes long-term planning outcomes in essential urban systems such as subsidized housing and mass transportation. He is the author of Suburban Alchemy (OSU, 2001), Merchant of Illusion (OSU, 2004), Public Housing That Worked (Penn, 2008), The Metropolitan Airport (Penn, 2015), and How States Shaped Postwar America (Chicago, 2019). He is co-editor of four edited collections, including the prize-winning Public Housing Myths (Cornell, 2015) and Affordable Housing in New York (Princeton, 2015).

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