{"product_id":"from-boom-to-bubble-rachel-weber-9780226294483","title":"From Boom to Bubble: How Finance Built the New Chicago","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn unprecedented historical, sociological, and geographic look at how property markets change and fail--and how that affects cities.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eFrom Boom to Bubble\u003c\/i\u003e, Rachel Weber debunks the idea that booms occur only when cities are growing and innovating. Instead, she argues, even in cities experiencing employment and population decline, developers rush to erect new office towers and apartment buildings when they have financial incentives to do so. Focusing on the main causes of overbuilding during the early 2000s, Weber documents the case of Chicago's \"Millennial Boom,\" showing that the Loop's expansion was a response to global and local pressures to produce new assets. An influx of cheap cash, made available through the use of complex financial instruments, helped transform what started as a boom grounded in modest occupant demand into a speculative bubble, where pricing and supply had only tenuous connections to the market. \u003ci\u003eFrom Boom to Bubble\u003c\/i\u003e is an innovative look at how property markets change and fail--and how that affects cities.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rachel Weber\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 022629448X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226294483\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/20\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.00w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2016","brand":"Rachel Weber","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48086400958719,"sku":"9780226294483","price":48.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7a34cc3f-7f03-4fef-93c1-78447b58bfbe.jpg?v=1769094467","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/from-boom-to-bubble-rachel-weber-9780226294483","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}