演講者簡介 : Professor Neil Lee received his Ph.D. in Economic Geography from the London School of Economics and Political Science in 2011. He is currently a Professor of Economic Geography at the London School of Economics and Political Science. His research interests are Cities, Creative Industries, Economic Geography, Enterprise, Inequality, Innovation, Labor markets, Regional and Local Economic Development, and Urban and Regional Policy.
演講摘要 : From San Francisco to Shanghai, many of the world's most innovative places are highly unequal, with the benefits going to a small few. Rather than simply asking how we can create more high-tech cities and nations, Innovation for the Masses focuses on what we can learn from places that foster innovation while also delivering the benefits more widely and equally. In this book, economist Neil Lee draws on case studies of Taiwan, Sweden, Austria, and Switzerland to set out how innovation can be successfully balanced toward equity. As high-tech economies around the world suffer from polarised labour markets and political realities that lock in these problems, this book looks beyond the United States to other models of distributing a leading-edge economy. Lee emphasises the active role of the state in creating frameworks to ensure that benefits are broadly shared, revealing that strong policies for innovation and mutual prosperity reinforce each other. Ultimately, Innovation for the Masses provides a vital window into alternative models that prioritize equity, the roadblocks these models present, and what other countries can learn from them going forward.
