Globalization Giveth and Globalization Taketh Away
French cuisine is dying. Don't blame globalization.
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Burgh Diaspora
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Perception, Policy, and Migration
The psychogeographies of immigration misplace efforts to help foreign-born populations.
Job Growth Is a Poor Measure of Economic Health
In a global era of demographic decline, the quality of employment trumps the number of jobs.
How Local Assets Become Global Assets
Separate a real estate market into two parts: investors and occupiers.
In Big City, New Ideas Aren’t as Promiscuous as They Used to Be
Ideas can have just as much sex in the suburbs as in the city.
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker on Economic Development
As Scott Walker eyes the White House, fiscal austerity gets its day in court.
Vancouver’s Wild World of De Facto Density
Adding to racial redlining, zoning attempts to regulate human behavior, restricting residents just as it does developers.
The Geography of Housing Affordability in Texas
Housing affordability is highly variant from city to city, neighborhood to neighborhood. Don't buy the hype about the Lone Star state.
Shrinking City Chicago
The Knowledge Economy employs fewer people than those that came before it. Wherever globalization goes, only a small minority will be riding high on the economic tide.