{"product_id":"north-carolina-in-the-connected-michael-l-walden-9781469615332","title":"North Carolina in the Connected Age: Challenges and Opportunities in a Globalizing Economy","description":"At 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael L. Walden\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1469615339\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781469615332\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of North Carolina Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/10\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 360\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.21lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.80d","brand":"Michael L. Walden","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47001553076479,"sku":"9781469615332","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_14c20c82-bde8-4373-867f-f95a815248d9.jpg?v=1751601418","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/north-carolina-in-the-connected-michael-l-walden-9781469615332","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}