June, 2006

It’s Like Hurricanes

by Edward E. Leamer
The Conversation
June 20th, 2006

Rather than in the abstract, try tackling the following problem. I grew up in the small town of Vestal near Binghamton, New York. The major industry of the area in 1900 was cigars, which left when tobacco fashion shifted to cigarettes and cigarette production was mechanized. No matter, by 1950 the Endicott Johnson shoe company [...]

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Why Openness Matters

by Richard Florida
The Conversation
June 19th, 2006

Robin, Thanks again for your thoughtful comments. The elaborations and clarifications in this dialogue are mighty useful. In that vein, one last clarification: My theory does not say regions “cause” hackers or anyone else to be innovative. It says instead that regions that have these “low barriers to entry” attract more potentially innovative people. As [...]

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