The Information Economy and American Cities
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: June 10, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 176
ISBN-13: 9780801869341
Subjects: Economics; Impact of science & technology on society; Urban & Regional; Information technology; Information Economics; Business & Economics; Sociology; United States; Business/Economics; USA; Metropolitan areas; Government & Business; Sociology - Urban; Business & Economics / Government & Business; Economic aspects; Urban Economics; Economic conditions
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Description: Annotation How can metropolitan regions remain prosperous and competitive in a rapidly changing economy? Challenging some long-standing assumptions, Matthew Drennan argues that those regions that have invested heavily in the information economy have done much better than those that continue to rely on manufacturing and industry as their base. Moreover, he contends, the benefits of that growth reach the urban working poor, earlier reports to the contrary notwithstanding. The Information Economy and American Cities provides a wealth of rigorously analyzed econometric data which will be of great value to economists, planners, and policymakers concerned with the future of America's metropolitan areas. Additional supporting data will be made available online. Not just another glib cheer for the information economy, this book provides the kind of hard evidence needed to advocate effectively for change.