Brain Magnet: Research Triangle Park and the Idea of the Idea Economy
(Part of the Columbia Studies in the History of U.S. Capitalism Series)
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Beginning in the 1950s, a group of academics, businesspeople, and politicians set out on an ambitious project to remake North Carolina's low-wage economy. They pitched the universities of Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill as the kernel of a tech hub, Research Triangle Park, which would lure a new class of highly educated workers. In the process, they created a blueprint for what would become known as the knowledge economy: a future built on intellectual...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0231184913
ISBN13:9780231184915
Release Date:April 2020
Publisher:Columbia University Press
Length:264 Pages
Weight:0.80 lbs.
Dimensions:1.3" x 5.9" x 8.9"
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