Does Geographic Context Matter When Reinventing America’s Older Communities?
Not really. Common problems, regardless of place, will lead to common solutions.
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Brain Gain
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In Cleveland, Income Growth Without Population Growth
Another example of how population growth is outdated as an important economic metric.
Era of Dying Places
For many, population is the only metric that matters. But what does it mean when a city's population is declining while its workforce is growing—in both size and smarts?
Shrinking City Myths
Rust Belt population woes tend to be a lack of inmigration, not outmigration and brain drain as is commonly assumed.
Talent Retention Subsidies
Why a proposal in Michigan to subsidize education for students who remain in-state after graduation won't benefit anybody. It's brain gain we should worry about, not brain drain.