Jim Russell, Author at Pacific Standard

Oil: Resource Curse or Launchpad?

Lawyers striking it rich in St. John's, Newfoundland.

Shrinking communities deserve more health care, not less.

Population decline is a positive economic indicator.

Atlantic Canada is reportedly dying. I'll spend this week explaining why that isn't the case.

Migrants leaving home inspire others left behind to become better educated.

Who you are predicts where you will go in the city.

Where supply and demand comes from matters.

Higher education in the United States rules the world. What's wrong with it?

Too much social capital—not too little—is driving a wedge of income inequality between Americans.

Globalization appears to be tearing apart Britain. Second-tier cities must find their inner London and pull the country back together.