Makes correlations between success and geography, explaining how such rising centers of innovation as San Francisco and Austin are likely to offer influential opportunities and shape the national and global economies in positive or detrimental ways.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-277) and index.
Contents
American rust
Smart labor : microchips, movies, and multipliers
The great divergence
Forces of attraction
The inequality of mobility and cost of living
Poverty traps and sexy cities
The new "human capital century".
ISBN
9780547750118 (hbk.)
0547750110 (hbk.)
LCCN
2012007933
OCLC
768167023
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