The New Pioneers
How Entrepreneurs Are Defying the System to Rebuild the Cities and Towns of America
- Hardcover
256 pages
- Release Date
13 June 2017
Summary
Imagine a world where there are no building codes, no licensing requirements, no permit fees, no inspectors—no rules or regulations, only common sense and the desire to build something better. This is the world that forged America, the land where the early pioneers and town developers thrived.
But this type of open environment is long gone.
It’s prohibitively expensive for young entrepreneurs to start a business today. In fact, it is almost impossible to build anything unless …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781944648305 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1944648305 |
| Author: | J.P. Faber |
| Publisher: | BenBella Books |
| Imprint: | BenBella Books |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 13 June 2017 |
| Weight: | 456g |
| Dimensions: | 162mm x 236mm |
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Critics Review
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”“I predicted years ago that the idiotic and unreformable over-burden of building and zoning codes would eventually have to be ignored by anyone seeking to rebuild this country at the small scale and the fine grain. That outcome has now been realized in Lean Urbanism, a set of ingenious work-arounds for those determined to rescue our dying towns and cities. This book is the first herald of that momentous revolution.””
—James Howard Kunstler, author of The Geography of Nowhere and The Long Emergency
”“This book is one of the few collections of real world case studies showing that if you reduce regulations and move toward a more libertarian model, huge creative energies will be released and wealth created. This book tells that story in a highly readable and concrete way that makes the abstract principles of a free society very real and immediate.””
—Jennifer Grossman, CEO of The Atlas Society
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J.P. Faber
J.P. Faber is an award-winning editor and writer with more than 25 years of journalism experience. Most of those years were spent editing business magazines, focusing on stories about how individual business leaders and entrepreneurs succeeded—or failed. Among his past publications, Faber was editor-in-chief of international business magazines China Trade, Latin Trade and Latin CEO; city regional business publications South Florida CEO and Miami Business; and city regional lifestyle monthly South Florida Magazine.
Faber is also the author of The Peebles Principles, written about Donahue Peebles, a former Senate page who became one of the wealthiest African American businessmen in the U.S. Two years ago Faber was hired by the Knight Foundation to report on the phenomenon of Lean Urbanism, situations in which entrepreneurs and small builders are able to create new businesses because of lighter—and leaner—regulations. That became the basis of The New Pioneers.
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