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Pittsburgh
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Los Angeles Is Beginning to Look a Lot Like Pittsburgh
Concerns about population growth and decline are artifacts of the 19th century and the industrial revolution. For them to make any sense today, we need to look at the numbers in a much different way.
Geography of the Legacy Economy: Mapping the Next Boom
With real estate markets tapped out in primary markets, investors will look to secondary ones—Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Phoenix—with legacy assets.
Border Guard Bob Says, ‘Pittsburgh Is Dying’
Every one in every place, it seems, has an idea for how to keep young college graduates from moving away. But is it even possible?
Why the United States Will Rule the Legacy Economy
Talent is the new oil, and our universities—talent production facilities—are the best in the world.
Cleveland’s Pittsburgh Moment
The loss of the U.S. Airways hub signaled the start of Pittsburgh's remarkable turnaround. Does that make United Airlines' departure from Cleveland Hopkins International Airport a cause for celebration?
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."
Economic Geography of Eds and Meds
What's happening with institutions of higher education and medicine?
China’s Pittsburgh Moment
Pittsburgh peaked as an industrial powerhouse in 1910, but now it's part of the same job creation conversation as the cities comprising the Texas Triangle. As it shifts to a consumption-based economy, China looks poised to enjoy a similar turnaround.