In Cleveland, Income Growth Without Population Growth
Another example of how population growth is outdated as an important economic metric.
Explaining Gentrification: Real Estate Bubble Trouble in Stockholm
As the problems in Sweden's capital demonstrate, the issue of housing supply isn't nearly as critical as that of housing demand.
Explaining Gentrification: Geography of Knowledge Hubs
Of course a growing population indicates a growing demand for housing. But around knowledge hubs, which act as agents of gentrification, population can actually decrease while demand for quality changes.
Explaining Gentrification: Global Jobs Versus Local Jobs
Gentrification spreads along the lines that link residential areas to the tradable jobs (health care, education, banking, technology) downtown.
Explaining Gentrification
There are more factors at play than just those related to the real estate market.
Ironic Demographics: The Higher Education Bubble
Demographic decline is shrinking the pool of applicants for all but a handful of global superbrands, 80 percent of which are located in the United States.
Seattle Is Dying
With a diversified employment base, the Emerald City will survive as Boeing starts looking for new talent outside of Washington State. But what does the search for cheap STEM talent say about the Innovation Economy?
Bright Flight From Silicon Valley
Talented people are starting to move to places where the cost of living is more reasonable, but a town can't just be cheap and wonderful. It also has to be connected.