The media tends to describe agglomeration economies — one of the benefits of big urban areas — as being entirely serendipitous. Minimize travel. Maximize chance encounters at the local coffee shop. And then all of a sudden patents will go up and new startups will… Read More
The Guardian is running a series right now called: The next 15 megacities. A megacity is typically (but loosely) defined as a city (or metropolitan area) with a population of at least 10 million people. By 2035, another 15 cities are expected to become megacities according… Read More
Parag Khanna recently published an article in the New York Times calling for a new map for America. Here’s why: “The problem is that while the economic reality goes one way, the 50-state model means that federal and state resources are concentrated in a state… Read More
In advance of his new book, titled Connectography, Parag Khanna recently delivered an interesting TED Talk called, How megacities are changing the map of the world. It’s about 20 minutes long. A lot of what is covered won’t be new to this audience, but I like… Read More
Without a question, we are living in an urban era. More people now live in cities than anywhere else on the planet and I’ve repeatedly argued that cities are our most important economic engine. As a result of these demographic and economic shifts, we’re seeing… Read More
