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Roosevelt Island Tram – CC image from The Eyes of New York A couple of items that came across the internet about technology, innovation, the economy, and urban form: Tech & the City Nancy Scola pens a long piece in Next American City about the future of the technology industry in the city. The piece looks at Continue reading Shaping Silicon Valley CC image from caribb Following up on yesterday’s link post regarding airports, air freight, supply chains, and manufacturing jobs: two posts from Ryan Avent at The Economist. First, on industrial agglomerations, the impacts on jobs, and how we got to this point: Unquestionably, Asian governments aggressively pursued manufacturing and subsidised it heavily, both directly and through advantageous exchange Continue reading More links: iPhones and airports Ryan Avent recently spoke at the Kauffman Foundation‘s conference for economic bloggers. His short presentation touches on a number of economic issues as they relate to urban economies and their role in our national economy.
The presentation tackles Tyler Cowen’s Great Stagnation thesis. Avent specifically looks at the benefits of density on productivity and Continue reading Density, productivity, and housing prices More items of note on agglomeration: From City Journal, the “Seven Pillars of Agglomeration.” Economies of scale in production And, from The New Republic‘s Avenue blog, a visualization of Continue reading Agglomeration, continued |
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