# Prof. Paul Romer discusses Stern's focus on urbanization

1 School News May 18, 2014 ![Financial Times logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/uat_025700.jpg?itok=LSPbU2V1)>

Excerpt from [Financial Times](http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/445c291a-b8ec-11e3-a189-00144feabdc0.html#axzz32AV0q3iN) -- "But there is a more fundamental point, says [Prof Romer](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/paul-romer): should urbanisation be restricted or actively encouraged? He is clear: 'I decided to start working on urbanisation because in developing economies I concluded that the effect of urbanisation was the fastest way for their economies to grow.'"

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