ENRICO MORETTI is a professor of economics at the University of California, Berkeley, whose research has been supported by the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health, and has been featured in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and Slate, among other publications.
"Moretti has written the most important book of the year, I can't
recommend it enough. The Cal-Berkeley economic professor's book is
extremely necessary for politicians and commentators alike, book
that artfully slays myriad myths that cloud the economic debate.
Brilliant."
--Forbes "Enrico Moretti is a first-rate empirical researcher who
has taught us much about the geographic impact of human capital and
a variety of public investments. His book, The New Geography of
Jobs, is well-written and filled with important facts and wise
policy advice. It is an excellent addition to the literature on the
economics of place. [...] Both local policymakers and national
leaders interested in policies with a geographical edge would do
well to read the book."
--Edward Glaeser, author of The Triumph of the City "Decade after
decade, smart and educated people flock away from Merced, Calif.,
Yuma, Ariz., Flint, Mich., and Vineland, N.J. In those places, less
than 15 percent of the residents have college degrees. They flock
to Washington, Boston, San Jose, Raleigh-Durham and San Francisco.
In those places, nearly 50 percent of the residents have college
degrees. As Enrico Moretti writes in The New Geography of Jobs, the
magnet places have positive ecologies that multiply innovation,
creativity and wealth. The abandoned places have negative ecologies
and fall further behind. This sorting is self-reinforcing, and it
seems to grow more unforgiving every year."
--David Brooks, The New York Times
"The New Geography of Jobs, examines how and why hiring is stronger
in some U.S. cities than in others."
--PBS NewsHour "[A] persuasive look at why some U.S. cities have
prospered in recent decades while others have declined."
--Businessweek "In a new book, The New Geography of Jobs,
University of California at Berkeley economics professor Enrico
Moretti argues that for each job in the software, technology and
life-sciences industries, five new jobs are indirectly created in
the local economy. The jobs range from yoga instructors to
restaurant owners. Mr. Moretti calculated such a multiplier effect
by examining U.S. Census Bureau data from eight million workers in
320 areas during the past 30 years. Mr. Moretti says the data
support the argument that technology innovators are one of the most
important engines of job creation in the U.S.--with three of those
five jobs going to people without college degrees."
--The Wall Street Journal "Moretti has written a clear and
insightful account of the economic forces that are shaping America
and its regions, and he rightly celebrates human capital and
innovation as the fundamental sources of economic development."
--The New Republic "Compelling"
--Slate "Whatever this month unemployment report turns out to be,
it's probably not going to be great news for the Rust Belt. Best
guesses are manufacturing jobs are still scarce. Meanwhile, new
economy places like Silicon Valley continue to thrive. The
difference? Location, location, location. So says economist Enrico
Moretti in his latest book, The New Geography of Jobs."
--NPR MarketPlace "A bold vision."
--MIT Sloan Management Review "It is a great and disturbing book
about the sweeping changes that are going on in American
communities."
--Reuters "Moretti's book suggests that for each additional job
in the average high-tech firm, five additional jobs are created
outside that firm in the local community."
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