U.S. Regional Immigration
The problem with viewing immigrants as baby factories that are up for bid and welcoming the foreign born as a solution to population issues.
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Rust Belt
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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.
London Brain Drain
England's capital meets the definition of brain drain, but that can be an indicator of success as opposed to a problem to be solved.
Middle Class Boom
From Detroit to Chicago to Italy, globalization is driving a transfer of knowledge, enriching people instead of places.
Demographic Deception
How mesofacts, or facts that change slowly, influence what we think about urban policy and talent migration.
American Decline
People have been trying, for decades, to convince us that our country is in relative decline from an exceptional peak, that we must be on the road to ruin.
The Heart of Demographic Doom
Nearly a century ago, during the Great Migration, less-educated individuals were the ones who left home in search of better lives. The opposite is true today, with the educated more mobile than ever before, leaving some places in a spiral of decline.
Boston Is Dying
Don't believe a word of the brain drain hysteria. Boston is one of only two talent production industry clusters anywhere in the United States.
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.
Era of Dying Places
For many, population is the only metric that matters. But what does it mean when a city's population is declining while its workforce is growing—in both size and smarts?