Chris Anadale interviews Rachel Ferguson about neighborhood stabilization, human scale, building social & racial trust, and causes for hope in the cities. Dr. Ferguson is director of the Free Enterprise Center at Concordia University of Chicago, an Affiliated Scholar at the Acton Institute, and a member of the Ciceronian Society advisory board.
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0:00 Introduction
7:40 Scale
13:40 Place
17:56 Philosophy
24:31 Race
31:13 Resources
35:30 Trust
41:14 Hope
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