Globalisation, knowledge and the myth of the magnet economy

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Education, Globalisation and the Future of the Knowledge Economy (2008, background): “Reich, amongst others, interprets rising wage inequalities as proof of both the realities of the global labour market and as evidence of the failure of the existing education system (Brown & Lauder, 2006).”
Research on Globalization and Education (2008, methodology): “Brown and Lauder (2006) described the conceptual evolution of the knowledge economy from the original work on human capital economics by Gary Becker (1964, 2006), who argued that industrial development in the 20th century relied on the knowledge and skills of an elite few but that, now, economies…”
“Geography of Opportunity”: Poverty, Place, and Educational Outcomes (2008, background): “The sociology literature includes important discussions of social structures including the spatial dimensions of opportunity in communities (Brown & Lauder, 2006; Pattillo, 2007; Wilson, 1996).”