Triumph of the City

Triumph of the city: How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier, and Happier is a non-fiction book by Edward Glaeser, an American economist and the current Fred and Eleanor Glimp Professor of Economics at Harvard University.

First published in 2011 by the Penguin Press, the book examines the important role cities play in human progress and prosperity.