U.S. Geography of News Stories
Most news coverage in America is focused on L.A., D.C., and New York. Can a new independent radio program change that?
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Geography
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United States of Failed Cities
Carl Schramm defines a failing city as one that can never expect to return to its former prosperity, and says we have at least two dozen here in the United States. But entrepreneurs don't make the best geographers.
Urban Myths of Innovation: Density and Serendipity
In a city, serendipity isn't a given. Two ships may pass in the night and that's it.
The Virtuous Circle of Ever-Lasting Expansion of Domestic Demand and Labor Supply Is Broken: Yes, Ireland Really Is Dying
Or, how I learned to stop worrying and love brain drain.
Mapping Politics
Obama's field offices were more effective than Romney's before the last presidential election, how the dispersion of donations is related to candidate success, and other things we're learning by incorporating maps into new political science research.
Mapping Knowledge
The world is flat, at least as far as knowledge exchange is concerned. Knowledge, like migrants, doesn't travel very far.
Tech Talent Recruiting Geography
The Innovation Economy peaked with the last financial crisis. In the emerging epoch—the Talent Economy—the competition among companies like Google and Facebook for the same pool of ideas makers will reshape our cities.
Geography of Aspiration
Try to replicate it with development schemes all you want, but you're overlooking what makes New York City—and other places of ambition—so great.