ANTH 3280 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Radiant City, Favela, Amartya Sen
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Idea that there should not be many public services, drop taxes. Developed a particular way of looking at poor people. What assets do you have that make your life easier, better, allow you freedom?) Auto-construction: settlements are built by the people who live there. Many say: these are the poor people who cant adapt to the city. Epstein says no: this is how brasilia was built. Marxist: wages must cover costs of living at minimum, worker must show up in at least minimal conditions. E(cid:448)erythi(cid:374)g else is profit, so i(cid:374)terest to (cid:272)apitalist is to keep the (cid:272)osts lo(cid:449). If do(cid:374)"t ha(cid:448)e to pay wages to cover rent you can have low wages. Contradiction: modernist city was built on the back of poor people who had to move to the city. Some people have said this is a positive thing. As they get more money over time, these houses start to become permanent.
