> Well yes, because the actual physical capital (machines, skilled labor, etc) is concentrated in cities Yes -- particularly with respect to skilled labor. An

> Well yes, because the actual physical capital (machines, skilled labor, etc) is concentrated in cities Yes -- particularly with respect to skilled labor. And that's largely a good thing for the working class. The alternative is local monopolies on the labor market. Highly skilled workers flock to areas where employers must compete with one another for a very good reason... > Increasingly so, in fact, as the economy has become dominated by monopolies and oligopolies... The urban population in the United States sky-rocketed over exactly the same period of time that Lynn and Longman romanticize. Although I agree with a lot of their concrete policy proposals, I don't think that those policies would do anything to geographically decentralize economic activity.