The new geography of jobs
by Enrico Moretti · first published 2012
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From the author, an economist, this book is an examination of innovation and success, and where to find them in America. An unprecedented redistribution of jobs, population, and wealth is under way in America, and it is likely to accelerate in the years to come. America's new economic map shows growing differences, not just between people but especially between communities. In this book, the author provides a fresh perspective on the tectonic shifts that are reshaping America's labor market, from globalization and income inequality to immigration and technological progress, and how these shift
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There's a great book exploring this: The New Geography of Jobs http://www.amazon.com/The-Geography-Jobs-Enrico-Moretti/dp/0... He talks about why things have not gone 'flat'.
on “Google Employees Secretly Live on Campus to Avoid Paying Rent” ↗…that I've enjoyed are listed below. I'd love to read about what other people have been reading that's sort of "off the beaten path", but interesting to someone who is not an expert in the subject. The New Geography of Jobs: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008035HQQ/ref=as_li_ss_tl?... - a lot of it won't be all that surprising to readers of this site, though. Basically he says that innovation industries are highly concentrated…
on “Ask HN: Summer reading” ↗> I don't buy the taller buildings = more wealth, creativity and energy argument. If you haven't read The New Geography of Jobs, I highly recommend it. It gives an excellent explanation of why having a higher density of knowledge workers increases their per-capita productivity and creativity.
on “San Francisco can become a world capital. First it needs to get over itself” ↗…people doing stuff in the same place, the potential for cross-pollination and other random things emerging goes up. This book talks about the issues involved and the economics behind them, at length: The New Geography of Jobs: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B008035HQQ/?tag=dedasys-20 I found it quite interesting. That said, I did my time in the Bay Area and don't feel like going back.
on “Silicon Valley Poverty Is Getting Much Worse Amidst Insane New Tech Wealth Boom” ↗…face-to-face communication. Innovators don’t do their work in isolation; they stimulate one another. -- Enrico Moretti edit: Here's a link to a non-paywalled interview with Mr. Moretti about his book, "The New Geography of Jobs" (2012): https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/insights/enrico-moretti-geograp...
on “Startup founders throughout the Midwest are doing something new: staying” ↗…displaced. Because there is not enough housing. There are a lot of benefits to being in a wealthy area even for those who are not the ones with the highest paying jobs, as Enrico Moretti explains in "The New Geography of Jobs". And if you want to see what an actual bad economy does for people.... check out Greece, or even Italy (which isn't nearly as bad off). It's not pretty.
on “Housing in the Bay Area” ↗…libertarian policy, this couldn't explain the shift that has happened. A much more compelling and less baseless argument would be one presented by one of my Econ professors Enrico Moretti in his book The New Geography of Jobs. His argument essentially is that the way in which the U.S. economy has shifted away from manufacturing and toward technological innovation has resulted in a declining middle class and an increase in…
on “Jaron Lanier: The Internet destroyed the middle class” ↗Interesting to contrast this with the current HN article link to the Washingtonian about Amazon choosing Virginia for the HQ2 location. That article references Moretti’s “The New Geography of Jobs” - companies now seek human capital rather than accumulating physical capital.
on “Bill Gates on making “one of the greatest mistakes of all time”” ↗That's kind of an interesting footnote: > We are grateful to Enrico Moretti If I'm not mistaken, that's the same Enrico Moretti who wrote The New Geography of Jobs, which is a fascinating look at the economics of cities that are trying to attract jobs, as well as a paper on how zoning restrictions cost the US economy billions of dollars a year by keeping people…
on “The Economics of Maps [pdf]” ↗