Attention Economy


Monday, February 14, 2022

Rethinking Urban Economics

Cities aren’t facing up to their ‘long covid’ crisis: Downtown is in deep trouble
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/02/13/cities-arent-facing-up-their-long-covid-crisis-downtown-is-deep-trouble/

Far From the Big City, New Economic Life
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/12/business/economy/small-town-living-standard.html
Big cities are not that good a deal for even highly educated workers. They do earn much higher wages in New York than in Cookeville — indeed, the college educated reap a bigger pay premium if they work in bigger cities than their less-educated peers. But according to the researchers, all the extra wages are eaten up by higher costs. 
 
A Silicon Valley voice for the heartland
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/02/13/ro-khanna-book-silicon-valley-spread-tech-wealth/