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b'Returning champion David A. Banks joins us for a supersized discussion about his new book, The City Authentic: How the Attention Economy Builds Urban America. How do cities have to act like social media influencers to attract new flows of capital? How are fundamental dynamics of capitalist urban development \\u2014 growth machines, rent gaps, spatial fixes, destructive renovation, entrepreneurial competition \\u2014 updated and upgraded to fit into the techno-financial conditions of today? Why does every downtown have the same damn wine bar now? Join us for answers to all these questions and much more.\\n\\n\\u2022\\u2022\\u2022 David\\u2019s book: https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520383456/the-city-authentic \\n\\u2022\\u2022\\u2022 David\\u2019s twitter: https://twitter.com/DA_Banks \\n\\u2022\\u2022\\u2022 David\\u2019s substack: https://otherday.substack.com/ \\n\\nSubscribe to hear more analysis and commentary in our premium episodes every week! https://www.patreon.com/thismachinekills \\n\\nHosted by Jathan Sadowski (www.twitter.com/jathansadowski) and Edward Ongweso Jr. (www.twitter.com/bigblackjacobin). Production / Music by Jereme Brown (www.twitter.com/braunestahl)'