The New Geography of Jobs - Hardcover

Moretti, Enrico

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0547750110 ISBN 13: 9780547750118

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012

Synopsis

The New Geography of Jobs An economist at Berkeley looks at the major shifts taking place in the U.S. economy and reveals the surprising winners and losers--specifically, which kinds of jobs will drive economic growth and where they'll be located--while exploring how communities can transform themselves into dynamic innovation hubs. Full description

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From the Back Cover:

In today’s economy, it’s not necessarily what you do or who you know—it’s where you live.

“Enrico Moretti’s superb book highlights why the study of economic geography is vital for understanding fundamental issues such as the root causes of rising income inequality, innovation, and job growth. For those who are curious about how the United States will continue to thrive in the global twenty-first-century economy, I can think of no better book to read than The New Geography of Jobs.”—Matthew E. Kahn, author of Climatopolis

From the Inside Flap:

From a rising young economist, an examination of innovation and success, and where to find them in America

An unprecedented redistribution of American jobs, population, and wealth is under way, and it is likely to accelerate in the years to come. In this important and persuasive book, Berkeley economist Enrico Moretti reveals this “new geography of jobs” that’s benefiting centers of innovation like San Francisco, Boston, Austin, and Durham. And the winners and losers aren’t necessarily who you’d expect. Moretti’s groundbreaking research shows that you don’t have to be a scientist or an engineer to thrive in one of these brain hubs.

Among the beneficiaries are the workers who support the “idea-creators”—the carpenters, hair stylists, personal trainers, lawyers, doctors, and teachers. In fact, Moretti has shown that for every new innovation job in a city, five additional non-innovation jobs are created, and those workers earn higher salaries than their counterparts in other urban areas. It wasn’t supposed to be this way. As the global economy shifted from manufacturing to innovation, geography was supposed to matter less. But the pundits were wrong. A new map is being drawn and it’s not about red versus blue or rich versus poor. The rise of American brain hubs is causing huge geographic disparities in education, income, life expectancy, family stability, and political engagement. Dealing with this split—encouraging growth in the hubs while arresting the decline elsewhere—will be the challenge of the century, and The New Geography of Jobs lights the way.

About this edition

• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0547750110
• ISBN 13: 9780547750118
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 294