Robert Neuwirth Biography

Robert Neuwirth's book Stealth of Nations, published in 2012, defies common wisdom by delving into the world's shadow economy. To do so, he lived and worked with street sellers and grey marketers for four years, capturing their breadth, vitality, and lessons. He refers to it as System D and claims that it is not a hidden economy, but rather one that is extremely visible, expanding, and successful, supporting entrepreneurship and accounting for 1.8 billion employment globally. He spent two years researching one of the most important developments of our time, the huge movement of the world's population into urban shantytowns, for his previous book Shadow Cities. Squatters make up a billion people. Life in a favela, slum, or shantytown is difficult: there is no running water, no public transportation, and no sewerage. Neuwirth identified restaurants, marketplaces, hospitals, and efficient forms of self-organization in the slums of Rio de Janeiro, Nairobi, Istanbul, and Mumbai. Our goal, according to Neuwirth, is to engage and empower individuals who live and work in squatter communities and grey marketplaces. an investigation of hitherto undocumented aspects of urban life

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