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For most mayors, going to Washington is one big irrelevant photo-op. Across the country there is this disdain for how self-referential DC has become.
June 17, 2013, Bruce Katz, Financial Times
[Rick] Snyder is one of the governors who most gets the economic importance of the city. Without Detroit, Michigan cannot recover.
May 5, 2013, Bruce Katz, Financial Times
A Conversation on President Obama’s Trip to Mexico and Costa Rica

May 1, 2013, Joshua Meltzer, Diana Villiers Negroponte, Ted Piccone and Neil Ruiz
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It wasn't long ago that Las Vegas was given up as dead — another sunburned city that had become the new Detroit. It was easy to write this city off.
April 21, 2013, Robert E. Lang, Los Angeles Times
Metropolitan Washington: A New Immigrant Gateway

April 2, 2013, Audrey Singer
Finding the ‘New’ Mexico in Querétaro

March 15, 2013, Joseph Parilla and Alan Berube
Chicago’s Promise as a Manufacturing Policy Leader

February 26, 2013, Howard Wial
We don't want to promote a zero-sum competition between regions in the U.S. If we want to focus on advanced manufacturing, as we should, I think the moderately high-tech industries are a good place to start. When companies are clustered together it tends to attract the kind of skilled labor force that they need and attract the suppliers that they do business with.
February 25, 2013, Howard Wial, ChicagoBusiness.com
Locating Chicago Manufacturing: The Geography of Production in Metropolitan Chicago

February 25, 2013, Howard Wial
There is nothing wrong with moderately high-tech industries—Germany has developed a very productive and innovative manufacturing sector based on them.
February 25, 2013, Howard Wial, Chicago Sun-Times
Launch! Taking Colorado’s Space Economy to the Next Level

February 5, 2013
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Launch! Taking Colorado’s Space Economy to the Next Level

February 5, 2013
- Video
Advancing Advanced Industries

February 5, 2013, Mark Muro
It’s always been a really contentious issue—what to do about people who are here without legal status. There are a lot of people who have really well-formulated opinions about the border and illegal immigration, and it’s really hard to change their points of view, and so [legalization] is seen as contributing to the problem rather than contributing to a solution.
February 4, 2013, Audrey Singer, The Town Talk
Metropolitan Washington: A New Immigrant Gateway

December 5, 2012, Audrey Singer
The Federal Government, States, and Cities — The All of the Above Disaster Response

November 2, 2012, Amy Liu
[The] next economy [is] one that is driven by exports and global engagement. It is imperative that you … build strong, deep relationships with your trading partners ... I fundamentally believe that older industrial metropolitan areas like Buffalo have a future if you get focused, plan smart, build on your strengths, and execute with discipline and creativity.
September 28, 2012, Bruce Katz, The Epoch Times
Laying the Groundwork For Change: Demolition, Urban Strategy, and Policy Reform

September 24, 2012, Alan Mallach
The key [to raising voter turnout among Hispanics] is energizing those eligible voters, getting them to register, getting them to vote.
September 12, 2012, William H. Frey, Bloomberg
Detroit can be a petri dish for a lot of different kinds of innovation.
September 12, 2012, Bruce Katz, Detroit Free Press
The Future of Redevelopment Financing in the United States

July 18, 2012, Bruce Katz and Robert Puentes
What Would an Infrastructure Bank Really Do?

July 16, 2012, Robert Puentes
Seizing Miami's "Global Moment"

July 15, 2012, Bruce Katz and Richard M. Daley
New Monitor Reveals Mountain West Region Outperforms Nation's Recovery

June 28, 2012, Mark Muro and Kenan Fikri
Detroit is the home of the Big Three. But a lot of sophisticated advanced manufacturing in Grand Rapids—absolutely pummeled in the recession and even the lead up to the recession. But manufacturing and exports of manufactured goods have been one of the strongest drivers.
June 27, 2012, Alan Berube, Marketplace