Summary: <p>Kevin Baker, a <em>Harper’s Magazine</em> contributing editor, discusses his July cover story, “<a href="https://harpers.org/archive/2018/07/the-death-of-new-york-city-gentrification/" target="_blank">Death of a Great American City: New York and the Urban Crisis of Affluence</a>,” which looks at how New York City has sacrificed the unique people the city has historically been known for being home to in the name of high-end development. Baker writes that this isn’t just a New York city problem, but rather a national one, stating "we now live in an America where we believe that we no longer have any ability to control the system we live under."</p> <p><em>This segment is guest hosted by DW Gibson.</em> </p>
