Detroit Saved
In trying to figure out what went wrong in the Motor City, we reveal how little we know about cities and what makes them successful.
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Inbreeding Homophily
Globalization favors open networks, people who can do business with each other on a minimal amount of trust, and avoids closed networks, the parochial neighborhoods that only look out for their own.
Middle Class Boom
From Detroit to Chicago to Italy, globalization is driving a transfer of knowledge, enriching people instead of places.
In Praise of Michigan Brain Drain
Talent retention is not a key driver of economic vitality. If it were, Chicago and New York City would be in a world of trouble. But that doesn't stop many from resorting to the tired brain drain refrain.
Fatal Talent Attraction
Top-tier research universities matter more than a vibrant urban core as focus shifts from talent attraction (too much competition) to talent production.
Third Coast Diaspora
Chicago, where many academics and icons have moved to try out new ideas, makes the case that migrants are more important than density to the greatness of a city.
Political Science in the Raw: The Papers That Could Change Politics in the Coming Years
A review of new material presented at the Midwest Political Science Association's annual conference in Chicago this past weekend.
Chicago Charter Schools Aim to Lift Urban Education
The University of Chicago's Urban Education Institute runs charter schools and uses innovative practices to provide inner-city children a pathway to college.
Define a ‘Great’ City
A University of Louisville researcher data-crunches and theorizes about the 'greatest' American cities.
Downtown Chicago, Then and Now
Watching the amazing images of President-elect Barack Obama addressing that huge crowd in Chicago’s Grant Park on Tuesday…