Details

Subject(s)

• Labor market—United States [Browse]
• Economic development—United States [Browse]
• Equality—United States [Browse]
• Technological innovations—Economic aspects—United States [Browse]

Summary note

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