# Professor Gian Luca Clementi is quoted in a story on construction in cities as an economic indicator

1 Faculty News March 19, 2019 ![The New York Times Logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/uat_027320.jpg?itok=W8xBr66g)>

Excerpt from [The New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/19/business/economy/what-is-crane-index.html) -- "'This is a golden age of construction in American metropolitan areas,' said [Gian Luca Clementi](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/gian-luca-clementi), as associate professor of economics at the Stern School of Business at New York University. 'The U.S. is still less urbanized than similar countries, so if anything, we will probably see more and more construction.'"

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