The Information Economy and American Cities
Data on how cities have adapted to changing times: “An excellent analysis of the rise and role of the information sector . . . in regional economic development.” — Regional Science and Urban Economics
 
How do metropolitan regions remain prosperous and competitive in a rapidly changing economy? Using hard data, Matthew Drennan shows 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 of great value to economists, planners, and policymakers concerned with the future of America’s metropolitan areas, and provides the kind of hard evidence needed to advocate effectively for change.</
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The Information Economy and American Cities
Data on how cities have adapted to changing times: “An excellent analysis of the rise and role of the information sector . . . in regional economic development.” — Regional Science and Urban Economics
 
How do metropolitan regions remain prosperous and competitive in a rapidly changing economy? Using hard data, Matthew Drennan shows 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 of great value to economists, planners, and policymakers concerned with the future of America’s metropolitan areas, and provides the kind of hard evidence needed to advocate effectively for change.</
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The Information Economy and American Cities

The Information Economy and American Cities

by Matthew P. Drennan
The Information Economy and American Cities

The Information Economy and American Cities

by Matthew P. Drennan

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Data on how cities have adapted to changing times: “An excellent analysis of the rise and role of the information sector . . . in regional economic development.” — Regional Science and Urban Economics
 
How do metropolitan regions remain prosperous and competitive in a rapidly changing economy? Using hard data, Matthew Drennan shows 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 of great value to economists, planners, and policymakers concerned with the future of America’s metropolitan areas, and provides the kind of hard evidence needed to advocate effectively for change.</

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780801875366
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication date: 04/27/2021
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 201
File size: 5 MB
Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

Matthew P. Drennan is currently a visiting professor in the Department of Urban Planning at UCLA. He is on leave from the Department of City and Regional Planning at Cornell University. His previous books include Methods of Interregional and Regional Analysis and Modeling Metropolitan Economies for Forecasting and Policy Analysis.

Table of Contents

List of Tables and Figures
Preface and Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter 1. Describing the Elephant: The Information Sector
Chapter 2. Emergence of the Information Sector
Chapter 3. The Information Sector in Metropolitan Economies
Chapter 4. Metropolitan Income and Growth: The Roles of Specialization, Size, and Human Capital
Chapter 5. Income Convergence and Poverty in Metropolitan Areas
Chapter 6. Conclusion and Policy RecommendationsAppendix
References
Index

What People are Saying About This

Dick Netzer

There is enormous interest in the dramatic changes that have occurred in the American economy over the last thirty years. A great deal has been written on the subject, much of it needlessly alarmist. This is the first book that systematically and comprehensively asks all the important questions. And it answers those questions lucidly and persuasively. I have known Drennan's work for a very long time. He has always been effective in communicating with the reader, but this is his best work to date.

Dick Netzer, New York University

From the Publisher

There is enormous interest in the dramatic changes that have occurred in the American economy over the last thirty years. A great deal has been written on the subject, much of it needlessly alarmist. This is the first book that systematically and comprehensively asks all the important questions. And it answers those questions lucidly and persuasively. I have known Drennan's work for a very long time. He has always been effective in communicating with the reader, but this is his best work to date.
—Dick Netzer, New York University

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