Legacy Economy: Pittsburgh Steel Crazy After All These Years
"Manufacturing is no longer just about production. Production is now the core of a much wider set of activities."
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Burgh Diaspora
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Economic Geography of Eds and Meds
What's happening with institutions of higher education and medicine?
It’s the Birth Rate, Stupid
Explaining the "curious" population trend in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.
Immigration and Gentrification
Are our romantic attachments to place to blame for fear of brain drain from, immigration to, and gentrification of our cities?
Australia’s Migration Hangover
Migration drives economic growth as the people arriving need places to live. But what happens when the labor force finally flatlines?
Rural China Is Dying
Everybody is leaving the farm for the city as China moves from an agricultural economy to an industrial one.
Creative Class Myths About Talent
Are young, college-educated people attracted to amenities? Or are they attracted to economic opportunity?
Canada Is Dying
Canada's birth rate is so low that it's relying entirely on immigration for any increase in the population, but places and businesses that depend on importing skills will suffer in the new talent production economy.
Hong Kong Is Dying
The quality of demographics carries greater weight than the quantity, and the Pearl of the Orient, while dense, is aging rapidly.
No Exodus: Great Recession Migration Mystery
Historically, people in the places hardest hit by recessions pack up and move to greener pastures. But not this time. Why?