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New Economic Geography Of Tech Talent
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Firms focused on innovation are seeking cheaper labor and more effective talent management. This national trend is fueling the concentration of the college educated in Rust Belt cities. Pittsburgh and Cincinnati are further along in that transformation than Milwaukee. But overall, the entire Rust Belt is ascendant as the Innovation Economy continues to diffuse. Ironically, Chicago is seeking a similar dividend...[read more]
Why Education Isn't A Silver Bullet For Urban Economic Development
The metro economy is the national economy. Whenever I see a map with state-level data, I think about the cities driving the numbers. I don't care how Georgia is doing. Tell me more about Atlanta. Thus, I find this story about "urban-development legends" disconcerting:The [Richard] Florida approach has also led to a renewed emphasis on...[read more]
Economic Geography Of Talent Production
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Last Monday, I posted a little something about the talent production clusters in Boston and Pittsburgh:Pittsburgh and Boston are the only two metros "dominated" by the higher education industry. I'd characterize them as talent production centers. Other metros may produce more talent. But that doesn't define them like it does Pittsburgh...[read more]
Placemaking Run Amok
Tony Hsieh (founder of Zappos) want you to move to Las Vegas. The placemaking scheme is to revitalize the Rust Belt part of Sin City, which is supposed to attract talent. From the latest issue of The Economist:The post-it notes are ideas—how to improve the food scene, get a farmers’ market, encourage the arts, build a hackers’ space—from...[read more]
The Giant Sucking Sound
"Nearly all rich and powerful people are not notably talented, educated, charming, or good-looking. They became rich and powerful by wanting to be rich and powerful." - Paul Arden"But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God has chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are...[read more]
Sustainable Cities Collective
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“I agree I think that the nature of human interaction and involvement depends on the nature of the actual facility itself. Getting people in and around fossil fuel burning power plants is seen as a security risk, but that still leaves many components of our infrastructure that could benefit from being noticed (and that citizens could benefit from noticing). I think of examples like John ...”
“I thinks it's provocative. In Florida, we were given tours of muncipal water treatment facilities as children, less so access to energy facilities. There is a cogeneration facility at MIT that sits comfortably in the urban context, as thousands pass by daily. But I'm always concerned that critical systems and humans should not mix for the most part. Educational programs may make the same point ...”