From the visionary bestselling author of The Second World and How to Run the World
comes a bracing and authoritative guide to a future shaped less by national borders than by …

Highly skilled workers play a central and starring role in today's knowledge economy.
Talented individuals make exceptional direct contributions—including breakthrough …

From 1980 to 2000, the rise in the US college/high school graduate wage gap coincided
with increased geographic sorting as college graduates concentrated in high wage, high …

What will your 100-year life look like? Does the thought of working for 60 or 70 years fill you
with dread? Or can you see the potential for a more stimulating future as a result of having …

In recent years, the United Kingdom has become a more and more divided society with
inequality between the regions as marked as it has ever been. In a landmark analysis of the …

In tandem with the diffusion of computer technologies, labour markets across the OECD
have undergone rapid structural transformation. In this paper, we examine i) the impact of …

Exploring the new professional scenes in digital and freelance knowledge, this innovative
book provides an account of the subjects and cultures that pertain to knowledge work in the …

Actors and institutions in localities and regions across the world are seeking prosperity and
well-being amidst tumultuous and disruptive shifts and transitions generated by: an …

We document that nonrich households consume a larger share of their current income when
exposed to higher top income and consumption levels. Permanent income, wealth effects …

Familiar urban sights: the pub regular on his stool, beer mug in hand, or the young couple
shining out on the dance floor, or the improvising musicians in a jazz clubthese are …