Talent
The Future of Work: Re-Defining the Workplace
The latest entry in a special project in which business and labor leaders, social scientists, technology visionaries, activists, and journalists weigh in on the most consequential changes in the workplace.
Why Top Talent Must Flee Silicon Valley
In order for tech workers to cash out on home equity, Proposition 13 forces them to move to another state.
Atlanta's Talent Attraction Problem
From 2000–2013, Atlanta has fallen further behind other large metros in growing its population of college-educated young adults.
The Talent Migration Paradox
Better to develop people and have them leave than to attract and retain college graduates.
Are High Housing Costs Forcing Talent to Flee Silicon Valley?
The pull of opportunity, not the push of expensive real estate, drives migration from California.
The New Geography of Jobs: Talent Production Versus Knowledge Production
Pittsburgh is the best place in the United States to flip property. What explains the real estate boom?
The Economic Geography of Tech Talent
The tech talent apple doesn't fall too far from the university tree.
Stanford University Is Dying
You go where you know. You went to the wrong college and spent too much money.
Job Growth Is a Poor Measure of Economic Health
In a global era of demographic decline, the quality of employment trumps the number of jobs.
What Shortage? Microsoft Trims 18,000 Employees
Like manufacturing before it, the Innovation Economy has reached a turning point, with jobs moving to places where labor is cheaper.
Not About LeBron: Economic Restructuring in Cleveland
The basketball star isn't the only one moving back to Ohio. Even with manufacturing on the decline, Cleveland is drawing talented migrants from other areas.
The Pseudoscience of Jane Jacobs and Innovation Districts
Where we find innovation, we find industry clusters. That doesn't mean the two are causally linked.
Explaining Gentrification: We're Too Focused on the Real Estate Market
There are more factors at play than just those related to the real estate market.
Seattle Is Dying: Boeing Looks Outside Washington for Cheap Talent
With a diversified employment base, the Emerald City will survive as Boeing starts looking for new talent outside of Washington State. But what does the search for cheap STEM talent say about the Innovation Economy?
Bright Flight From Silicon Valley: The Rent Is Too Damn High
Talented people are starting to move to places where the cost of living is more reasonable, but a town can't just be cheap and wonderful. It also has to be connected.
Happy H-1B Visa Day
Is the Big Tech lobbying effort for immigration reform just a ruse to keep wages low?
The International Trade of Talent: The Immigration-iPhone Connection
Just because a net migration number is negative doesn't mean there is brain drain. A shrinking population doesn't always indicate a dying place.
The STEM Talent Shortage Debate
Do today's high school students prefer to take the AP Art History exam over AP Biology?
Peak Talent
Talent has replaced the depletion of natural resources as the world's biggest crisis.
How Talent Migration Facilitates the Diffusion of Globalization
Openness to immigration behaves in the same way as openness to trade.
Connecting Neighborhoods: Small Geographic Scales of Globalization
The financial crisis turned the world upside down.
What Talent Shortage? The Great American Brain Waste
Our biggest businesses complain about a shortage of skilled labor. Instead of calling on the government to act, they should consider workplace policies that are friendlier to women and immigrants.
Everyone Is Starved for Talent, but Migration Is a Thing of the Past
What happens when a place is no longer able to attract more people?