{"product_id":"north-carolina-in-the-connected-age-challenges-and-opportunities-in-a-globalizing-economy-paperback","title":"North Carolina in the Connected Age: Challenges and Opportunities in a Globalizing Economy - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichael L. Walden\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt a time when North Carolina's population is exploding and its economy is shifting profoundly, one of the state's leading economists applies the tools of his trade to chronicle these changes and to inform North Carolinians in easy-to-understand terms what to expect in the future. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eToday we are living in a technologically connected age that has completely transformed the North Carolina economy, Walden explains. Once driven by tobacco, textiles, and furniture, the North Carolina economy now thrives on technology, pharmaceuticals, finance, food processing, and the manufacture of vehicle parts. While the state as a whole has benefited from these dramatic transformations, some population groups and regions have not experienced consistent economic growth. Walden identifies education as the key factor; a skilled, college-educated work force, he argues, is now a region's most prized commodity. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWalden traces how the forces of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries have remade the North Carolina economy, impacted people and regions, and led to the most substantive public policy debates in decades. Written in a lively style and including original research and insights, \u003ci\u003eNorth Carolina in the Connected Age\u003c\/i\u003e is essential reading for anyone wanting to understand how the state arrived where it is today and what its future might hold.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 360\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 10, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43156059586623,"sku":"9781469615332","price":87.48,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/HAhEyig2OP9781469615332.webp?v=1776968897","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/north-carolina-in-the-connected-age-challenges-and-opportunities-in-a-globalizing-economy-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}