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Mariner Books
March 2013
On Sale: March 19, 2013
304 pages
ISBN: 0544028058
EAN: 9780544028050
Kindle: B008035HQQ
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Non-Fiction
We’re used to thinking of the United States in opposing
terms: red versus blue, haves versus have-nots. But today
there are three Americas. At one extreme are the brain
hubs—cities like San Francisco, Boston, and Durham—with
workers who are among the most productive, creative, and
best paid on the planet. At the other extreme are former
manufacturing capitals, which are rapidly losing jobs and
residents. The rest of America could go either way. For the
past thirty years, the three Americas have been growing
apart at an accelerating rate. This divergence is one the
most important developments in the history of the United
States and is reshaping the very fabric of our society,
affecting all aspects of our lives, from health and
education to family stability and political engagement. But
the winners and losers aren’t necessarily who you’d
expect.
Enrico Moretti’s groundbreaking research
shows that you don’t have to be a scientist or an engineer
to thrive in one of the brain hubs. Carpenters,
taxi-drivers, teachers, nurses, and other local service jobs
are created at a ratio of five-to-one in the brain hubs,
raising salaries and standard of living for all. Dealing
with this split—supporting growth in the hubs while
arresting the decline elsewhere—is the challenge of the
century, and The New Geography of Jobs lights the way.
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