Title: Equity, Growth, and Community
Description: In the last several years, much has been written about growing economic challenges, increasing income inequality, and political polarization in the United States. Addressing these new realities in America?s metropolitan regions, this book argues that a few lessons are emerging: first, inequity is bad for economic growth; second, bringing together the concerns of equity and growth requires concerted local action; and third, the fundamental building block for doing this is the creation of diverse and dynamic epistemic (or knowledge) communities, which help to overcome political polarization and to address the challenges of economic restructuring and social divides.
Subjects: Development economics & emerging economies, Economic systems & structures, Sociology, Sociology: work & labour, Economic development, Economic development projects, Income distribution, united states, Regional planning, Cities and towns, united states, United states, economic conditions, 2009-, Income distribution, Cities and towns, Case studies, Economic conditions, Economic policy