Jane Jacobs, Economic Guru?

In Cities and the Wealth of Nations, Jacobs puts forward the idea that cities make a significant error when they invest in attracting large corporations rather than small, local businesses.

From the Miller/McCune article: "People in economic policy and development are looking carefully at Jacobs' work," says David Boyle, an author and researcher at the New Economics Foundation, a London-based independent economic think tank. "She's been very influential, but subtly so. People aren't always aware of where the ideas come from. This is true from the right and left."