Comments on “Cities, Information, and Economic Growth”AbstractOne goal of the Regional Growth and Community Development Conference was to learn more about the “new regional economics” and what it offers to the discussion about regional and community economic development. Some have drawn an analogy between this literature and the debate within the international trade literature. Proponents of the “new international trade” have challenged one of the most basic beliefs of economists, the primacy of free trade. Do proponents of the new regional economics have something similar to say about regional and community economic development? Also, is the literature ready to enter a normative stage in which it recommends specific government policies?Comments on “Cities, Information, and Economic Growth” (*.pdf, 14 KB)
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