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oapen-20.500.12657-328592021-11-08T09:21:54Z Equity, Growth, and Community: What the Nation Can Learn from America's Metro Areas Pastor, Manuel Benner, Chris regional planning economic development cities and towns - united states income distribution economic policy urban development Race and ethnicity in the United States Census San Antonio bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JH Sociology & anthropology::JHB Sociology bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JH Sociology & anthropology::JHB Sociology::JHBL Sociology: work & labour bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KC Economics::KCM Development economics & emerging economies bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KC Economics::KCS Economic systems & structures In the last several years, much has been written about growing economic challenges, increasing income inequality, and political polarization in the United States. Addressing these new realities in America’s metropolitan regions, this book argues that a few lessons are emerging: first, inequity is bad for economic growth; second, bringing together the concerns of equity and growth requires concerted local action; and third, the fundamental building block for doing this is the creation of diverse and dynamic epistemic (or knowledge) communities, which help to overcome political polarization and to address the challenges of economic restructuring and social divides. 2016-02-12 00:00:00 2020-04-01T14:21:04Z 2020-04-01T14:21:04Z 2015 book 602281 OCN: 927153657 9780520960046 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/32859 eng application/pdf Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International 602281.pdf https://doi.org/10.1525/luminos.6 University of California Press 10.1525/luminos.6 10.1525/luminos.6 72f3a53e-04bb-4d73-b921-22a29d903b3b 9780520960046 364 Oakland, California open access
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In the last several years, much has been written about growing economic challenges, increasing income inequality, and political polarization in the United States. Addressing these new realities in America’s metropolitan regions, this book argues that a few lessons are emerging: first, inequity is bad for economic growth; second, bringing together the concerns of equity and growth requires concerted local action; and third, the fundamental building block for doing this is the creation of diverse and dynamic epistemic (or knowledge) communities, which help to overcome political polarization and to address the challenges of economic restructuring and social divides.
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