Attention Economy


Friday, September 1, 2023

Future of Superstar Cities

Superstar Cities in the Age of Zoom
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/01/opinion/cities-zoom-return-to-office.html
Paul Krugman:
Maybe the most important insight from the N.E.G. is that there is always a tension between the forces of agglomeration, which tend to make activity clump together, and centrifugal forces that tend to make it spread out. And changes in technology can push the economy to a tipping point in either direction, transforming where we work and live. 

College grads are now fleeing ‘superstar cities’ on the coasts like NYC, LA and San Fran for better lives — here’s why and where they’re headed instead
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/college-grads-now-fleeing-superstar-100000106.html
 
Superstar Cities Are in Trouble
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/02/remote-work-revolution/617842/

Related:
Gyourko, Joseph, Christopher Mayer, and Todd Sinai. 2013. "Superstar Cities." American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 5 (4): 167-99.
https://www.aeaweb.org/articles/pdf/doi/10.1257/pol.5.4.167