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The New Geography Of Jobs (2012)

by Enrico Moretti(Favorite Author)

3.94 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0547750110 (ISBN13: 9780547750118)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

review 1: Disappointing. Moretti sits in the bellybutton of the economy driver, Silicon Valley, and from that distorting perspective he observes everything that is going on in the US and the world concerning the polarization of the job market. Starts from a very interesting thesis, that innovative people are attracted from innovation hubs and this has a spillover effect on the local economy, but then he bends all data and evidences to support it and what is worse, he is clearly stating that "all this is good". Only incidentally does he remark that inequality is soaring, and that noone seems to care that much about it. This book is probably a good complement to Rifkin's "End of Work"; coming some twenty years later.
review 2: Highly recommend this book! Besides labor and ... moreurban economists, this book will be useful for those interested in jobs, innovation, workforce development, education and more. It attempts to explain why high-tech jobs are located primarily in the Silicon Valley, Raleigh-Durham, and Boston/Cambridge, why high-skilled immigrants are important for the U.S. economy, why your neighbor's salary affects yours, and more. Moreover, I've found it interesting to look at job creation and development from a city perspective instead of a traditional country perspective: Berlin and Miami vs. Seattle and San Francisco vs. Detroit and Flint (creative cities vs. high-tech vs. industrial). less

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