Does Geography Matter When Reinventing Old Communities?
Not really. Common problems, regardless of place, will lead to common solutions.
Brain Gain
In Cleveland, Income Growth Without Population Growth
Another example of how population growth is outdated as an important economic metric.
Era of Dying Places: What Will Follow the Post-Industrial Economy
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: Pittsburgh Is Not Dying
Rust Belt population woes tend to be a lack of inmigration, not outmigration and brain drain as is commonly assumed.
Talent Retention Studies: Brain Gain, Not Drain, Is the Problem
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.