28 min

The Greatest Misallocation of Resources in the History of the World Placemakers

    • Society & Culture

How do you solve a problem like the suburbs? For one man in Arizona, it
means creating an agricultural utopia, replete with picket fences and a community
garden. He was inspired by one of our era's  most scathing critics of suburban
sprawl: James Howard Kunstler. We'll hear from both about what happens when
you try to remedy what Kunstler calls “the greatest misallocation of resources in the
history of the world.”
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How do you solve a problem like the suburbs? For one man in Arizona, it
means creating an agricultural utopia, replete with picket fences and a community
garden. He was inspired by one of our era's  most scathing critics of suburban
sprawl: James Howard Kunstler. We'll hear from both about what happens when
you try to remedy what Kunstler calls “the greatest misallocation of resources in the
history of the world.”
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

28 min

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